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Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores

vs

AMD EPYC 9016

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores and AMD EPYC 9016 processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores

More Total Cores: 36 (36 vs 8)

AMD EPYC 9016

Higher Memory Type: DDR5 RDIMM | MRDIMM (Unified memory vs DDR5 RDIMM | MRDIMM)

Basic

Apple

Label Name

AMD

August 2026

Launch Date

Desktop

Platform

Server

Apple M5

CPU Architecture

Apple M5 Ultra

CPU Name

Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores

Model Name

The Intel processor number is just one of several factors - along with processor brand, system configurations, and system-level benchmarks - to be considered when choosing the right processor for your computing needs.

EPYC 9016

Generation

CPU Specifications

Over 4.4 TB/s

Interconnect Bandwidth

UltraFusion quad-die architecture

Interconnect Technology

4.61 GHz

Super-core Max Frequency

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

Where applicable, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology is only available on Performance-cores.

Performance-cores

Super-cores

Basic Frequency

3.05 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency

Max Turbo Frequency is the maximum single-core frequency at which the processor is capable of operating using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and, if present, Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 and Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost. Frequency is typically measured in gigahertz (GHz), or billion cycles per second.

Up to 4.8 GHz

L3 Cache

48 MB

3 nm

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

PCIe® 6.0 x128

Memory Specifications

Unified memory

Memory Type

Intel® processors come in four different types: Single Channel, Dual Channel, Triple Channel, and Flex Mode. Maximum supported memory speed may be lower when populating multiple DIMMs per channel on products that support multiple memory channels.

DDR5 RDIMM | MRDIMM

512 GB

Max Memory Size

Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

Bus Speed

8000 MT/s / 12800 MT/s

1.2 TB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).