Apple M1 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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Apple M1 Ultra AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 2600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 11 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Lower TDP (60W vs 95W)

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +41%

1544

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1090

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +198%

22394

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

7507

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +107%

2420

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1164

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +256%

18680

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

5236

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +68%

1768

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1048

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +306%

23501

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

5787

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +61%

3831

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

2370

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +191%

40784

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

13981

Apple M1 Ultra

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Apr 2018

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M1

Core Architecture

Zen+

APL1106/APL1W06

Processor Number

-

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AM4

Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

114 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

AM4

60 W

Power Consumption

95 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

20

Total Core Count

6

20

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

36x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

48 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1296 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

8192

Shader Units

-

512

Texture Units

-

256

Raster Operation Units

-

1024

Execution Units

-

120 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

21.2 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

-

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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