AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Apple M2. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 Apple M2
• Family
  Ryzen Apple M series
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  3 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 3000 Series -
• Successor
  AMD Ryzen 9 5950X -

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

• A-Core
  - 4x Avalanche
• B-Core
  - 4x Blizzard
• Base Frequency
  3.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  16 8
• CPU Threads
  32 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.7 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.7 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - No turbo

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
  None Apple M2 (8 Core)
• Execution units
  - 128
• Generation
  - 2
• GPU Frequency
  - 3500 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 16 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2022
• Shader
  - 0
• Technology
  - 5 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 LPDDR5-5500
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Apple M2 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  105 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  105 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  142 W -
• TDP down
  - 10 W
• TDP up
  - 20 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Apple M2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) M2
• Codename
  Matisse -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L1-Cache
  1 MB -
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 16 MB
• L3-Cache
  64 MB -
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000051WOF -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000051 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2019-07-07 Q1/2022
• Socket
  AM4 -
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 5 nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Cooler Not Included, Liquid Cooling Recommended -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM None