Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. 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 5000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  2 4
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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 Pro (16 Core) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz --
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  256 --
• Shader
  2048 --
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 --
• Generation
  2 --
• Technology
  5 nm --
• Release date
  Q4/2022 --

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 9 5950X and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 105 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 142 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Pro and Apple M2 Pro, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A AM4
• L2-Cache
  36.00 MB 8.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 64.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 Vermeer (Zen 3)
• 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
  Q2/2022 Q4/2020