Apple M2 Max vs AMD EPYC 9334. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Apple M2 AMD EPYC 9004
• Family
  Apple M series AMD EPYC
• Generation
  2 4
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) -
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  8x Avalanche -
• A-Core Frequency
  3.5 GHz -
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard -
• B-Core Frequency
  2.8 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  12 32
• CPU Threads
  12 64
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 2.7 GHz
• Core Configuration
  - 32x Zen 4
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (32 Cores)
  - 3.85 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• Execution units
  512 -
• Generation
  2 -
• GPU Frequency
  1400 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple M2 Max (32 Core) no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2022 -
• Shader
  4096 -
• Technology
  5 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD EPYC 9334 and Apple M2 Max. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 6144 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  409.6 GB/s 461 GB/s
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 12
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  4.0 5.0 x 128

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Max and AMD EPYC 9334 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 210 W
• TDP down
  - 200 W
• TDP up
  - 240 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Max and AMD EPYC 9334, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M2 Genoa (Zen 4)
• Chip design
  Chiplet Chiplet
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
• L2-Cache
  36 MB 32 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 128 MB
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
• Part Number
  - 100-000000800
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q4/2022
• Release price
  - 2990 $
• Socket
  - SP5
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework AMD-V, SVM