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Apple M2 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
VS
58 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Apple M2 Pro
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

We compared two 12-core CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro (laptop) against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (desktop). On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

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Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5900X and Pro
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • Around 157.12 GB/s (330%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2666 vs 2263 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M2 Pro
vs
Ryzen 9 5900X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M2 Pro +32%
125
Ryzen 9 5900X
95
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M2 Pro
795
Ryzen 9 5900X +50%
1193
Cinebench Scores (#112th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +18%
2666
Ryzen 9 5900X
2263
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro +14%
14489
Ryzen 9 5900X
12701
File compression 1630 MB/sec 1170 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 126 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 217.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 352.9 Mpixels/sec 362 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 266.9 pages/sec 232 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 38.7 images/sec
Photo processing 126.3 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 17 Mpixels/sec 31.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 917 & 441 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +18%
4089
Ryzen 9 5900X
3465
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro
26724
Ryzen 9 5900X +46%
38888
Integer math 57.6 GOps/sec 139.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.2 GOps/sec 77.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 354M Primes/sec 257M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 51.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.6 GBytes/sec 31 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.8 MBytes/sec 498.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 3611 Frames/sec 1984 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 33.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 584 & 27058 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M2 Pro
198.23
Ryzen 9 5900X +60%
316.84

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 483 PPW 121 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 890.8 PPW 370.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.61 PPW 3.02 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M2 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-19 (D)Cinebench 202467 / 893
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Zoli)Cinebench 202493 / 1254
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Otamatone)Cinebench 202492 / 981
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-08 (aref)Cinebench 202494 / 1015
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-15 (SnakeyB)Cinebench 2024120 / 380
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released January 17, 2023 October 8, 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#70th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 12
P-Threads 8 24
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 12 24
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 37x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 40 billions 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 142 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM4
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 90ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#83rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) -
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz -
Shading Units 2432 -
TMUs 152 -
ROPs 76 -
Execution Units 304 -
TGP 35 W -
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Pro
6.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5900X
n/a
See: Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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Comments

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