Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Apple M series AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  Apple M2 AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  2 3
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Overclocking
  No Yes

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

• GPU name
  Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  1216
• Shader
  9728
• Max. GPU Memory
  192 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  2
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2023

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX and Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  192 GB 2048 GB
• Memory channels
  8 (Octa Channel) 8
• ECC
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) and Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  -- WRX8 (sWRX8)
• L2-Cache
  72.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 256.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 Castle Peak (Zen 2)
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework AMD-V, SVM
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Release date
  Q2/2023 Q1/2021