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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Apple A9
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
100 %
16C / 32T · 5.70 GHz
Apple A9
19 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
100 %
16C / 32T · 5.00 GHz
Apple A9
4 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
100 %
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
Apple A9
44 %
Apple A9
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
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Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 9 (43) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 9000 (17) | Apple A9/A9X (2) |
| Architecture | Granite Ridge (Zen 5) | A9 |
| Technology | 4 nm | 16 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | AM5 (LGA 1718) | |
| Predecessor | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | Apple A8 |
| Successor | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 16 / 32 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 16x Zen 5 | 2x Twister |
| Frequency: | 4.30 GHz | 1.85 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 5.70 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 5.00 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 16.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 64.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) | Apple A9 |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 2.20 GHz | 0.65 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 128 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 16 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2022 | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 24 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 94.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 170 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 230 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q3/2015 |
| Release price | 649 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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