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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Apple M5

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 68 %
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M5
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Rank 2 - 79 %
Apple M5
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
16C / 32T · 5.70 GHz
125 pts
Apple M5
Apple M5 100 %
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
198 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
16C / 32T · 5.70 GHz
2,974
Apple M5
Apple M5 100 %
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
4,133
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
16C / 32T · 5.20 GHz
20,756
Apple M5
Apple M5 79 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
16,472
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
563
Apple M5
Apple M5 100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
5,133

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 9 7950XApple M5
FamilyAMD Ryzen 9 (43)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupAMD Ryzen 7000 (18)Apple M5 (6)
ArchitectureRaphael (Zen 4)M5
Technology5 nm3 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketAM5 (LGA 1718)
PredecessorAMD Ryzen 9 5950XApple M4
SuccessorAMD Ryzen 9 9950X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950XApple M5
CPU Cores / Threads16 / 329 / 9
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 16x
4.50 - 5.70 GHz
3x P-Core
0.91 - 4.61 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x E-Core
0.90 - 3.05 GHz
L2-Cache16.00 MB28.00 MB
L3-Cache64.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950XApple M5
GPU nameAMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)Apple M5 (10 Core)
GPU frequency0.40 - 2.20 GHz0.34 - 1.90 GHz
CUs / Shader2 / 128160 / 1280
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory8 GB24 GB
Technology5 nm3 nm
Release dateQ3/2022Q4/2025

NPU AI performance

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950XApple M5
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950XApple M5
MemoryDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe5.0 x 244.0
PCIe Bandwidth94.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950XApple M5
TDP170 W17 W
TDP (PL2)230 W
TDP up
TDP down15 W
T. junction max.95 °C100 °C

Technical details

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950XApple M5
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release dateQ4/2022Q4/2025
Release price699 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
16C / 32T · 4.50 - 5.70 GHz
Apple M5
Apple M5
9C / 9T · 0.91 - 4.61 GHz

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
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