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M5 Ultra Demolishes The 96-Core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX CPU In New Geekbench 7 Scores; Obtains 11% Higher Multi-Core Score With Less Than Half The Number Of Cores

Wccftech • September 15, 2026 • technology

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Apple’s M5 Ultra processor has surpassed AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX in Geekbench 7 benchmarks, becoming the fastest workstation-class SoC.
Despite having only 36 cores compared to Ryzen's 96 cores, the M5 Ultra outperforms in both single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads, leading by 46.4% in single-core and 10.8% in multi-core tests.
The Ryzen Threadripper excels in highly parallelized tasks like Ray Tracer and Clang, achieving up to a 58.8% advantage, while the M5 Ultra leads in memory-intensive tasks due to its unified memory architecture.
The M5 Ultra delivers impressive single-core performance with some benchmarks showing over 250% lead, and it benefits from a compact design suitable for smaller chassis like the Mac Studio.
Ryzen’s Threadripper requires substantial cooling and power, with overclocking tests reaching 5.80GHz at 1000W power consumption, highlighting the efficiency advantage of Apple’s M5 Ultra.

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