AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX vs Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Ryzen Apple M series
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 Apple M2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Generation
  4 2
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX Apple M1 Ultra (48-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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  64 / 128 24 / 24
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  -- 16x Avalanche
• B-Core
  -- 8x Blizzard
• Overclocking
  No No

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
  no iGPU Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core)
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  960
• Shader
  7680
• 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)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 192 GB
• Memory channels
  8 8 (Octa Channel)
• ECC
  Yes No
• PCIe
  4.0 x 128 4.0 x 64
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX and Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  32.00 MB 72.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  256.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Chagall (Zen 3) M2
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM Apple Virtualization Framework
• Socket
  WRX8 (sWRX8) --
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2023