Apple M2 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2023
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Apple
Amd
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M2
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
No
Generation
-
Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Package
Transistor Count
134 billions
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Manufacturing Process
5 nm
7 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM4
Power Consumption
60 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
90 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
142 W
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
74 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
12 nm
I/O Die Size
-
125 mm²
Package
-
µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
16
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.0 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
-
Total Core Count
24
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Multiplier
35x
30
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
64 MB shared
512 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L3 Cache
-
96 MB shared
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
192 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
16
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
800 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,729
1,379
Cinebench R23
28,910
9,804
Geekbench 6
2,790
1,932
Geekbench 5
1,956
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Geekbench 6
21,217
8,204
Geekbench 5
27,945
-
Cinebench 2024
126
-
Cinebench 2024
1,918
-
Blender
505
-
Passmark CPU
4,137
-
Passmark CPU
48,776
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