Apple M4 Ultra vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M4 Ultra with 32 cores 4.52GHz 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 M4 Ultra 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 1 months late
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 2933)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 3.6GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 12nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M4 Ultra
+102%
2200
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
1088
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M4 Ultra
+497%
44822
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
7506
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 Ultra
+248%
4061
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
1164
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 Ultra
+528%
32898
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
5236
General Parameters
May 2025
Release Date
Apr 2018
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Desktop
Type
Desktop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Zen+
Apple M-Socket
Socket
AM4
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Package
-
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
12 nm
-
Power Consumption
95 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
CPU Performance
24
Performance Cores
6
24
Performance Core Threads
12
4.52 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.89 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
32
Total Core Count
6
32
Total Thread Count
12
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
45
Multiplier
36x
-
L1 Cache
96 K per core
-
L2 Cache
512 K per core
-
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-8533
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
192 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
8
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
43.71 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
10240
Shader Units
-
640
Texture Units
-
320
Raster Operation Units
-
1280
Execution Units
-
120
Power Consumption
-
36.9 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
