Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M2 AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000
• Family
  Apple M series Ryzen Threadripper PRO
• Generation
  2 3
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) -
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000 WX-Series

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 64
• CPU Threads
  12 128
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 2.7 GHz
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (64 Cores)
  - 3 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
  256 -
• Generation
  2 -
• GPU Frequency
  1400 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2022 -
• Shader
  2048 -
• 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 Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 2048 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  204.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 8
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4
• PCIe
  4.0 PCIe 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 72
• PCIe version
  - 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX 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 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 280 W
• Default TDP
  - 280 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M2 Castle Peak (Zen 2)
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  36 MB 32 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 256 MB
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition
• Release date
  Q2/2022 2020-07-14
• Socket
  - sWRX8
• Technology
  5 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Castle Peak
• L1-Cache
  - 4 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - 100-100000087WOF
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000087