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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 29 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 38 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz
60 pts
Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
199 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz
964 pts
Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2,135 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz
1,201
Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
4,250
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz
8,710
Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
18C / 18T · 0.91 GHz
29,200

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950XApple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
FamilyAMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000 (3)Apple M5 (6)
ArchitectureWhitehaven (Zen)M5
Technology14 nm3 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketTR4 (SP3r2)
PredecessorApple M4 Pro (14-CPU 20-GPU)
SuccessorAMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950XApple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads16 / 3218 / 18
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 16x
3.40 - 4.00 GHz
6x Super-Core
0.91 - 4.61 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 12x Performance-Core
0.90 - 3.05 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB22.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950XApple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
GPU nameno iGPUApple M5 Pro (20 Core)
GPU frequency0.34 - 1.90 GHz
CUs / Shader / 320 / 2560
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology3 nm
Release dateQ1/2026

NPU AI performance

Wischen
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950XApple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950XApple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
MemoryDDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-9600 (307.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB
Memory channels44
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 645.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth63.0 GB/s31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950XApple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
TDP180 W45 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down35 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950XApple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release dateQ3/2017Q1/2026
Release price999 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 3.40 - 4.00 GHz
Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
18C / 18T · 0.91 - 4.61 GHz

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
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