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Specdex
Updated April 2026

Best Processors, benchmarked.

Zen 5, Arrow Lake, Apple Silicon — every CPU ranked with real-world and synthetic scores.

Apple

Apple M5 Max

16C CPU · 40C GPU · 570 GB/s

98
From
$3,499
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Apple

Apple M4 Max

16C CPU · 40C GPU · 16-core Neural Engine

97
From
$1,299
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AMD

Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Zen 5 · 16C · 3D V-Cache · Gaming + productivity

97
From
$699
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AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950XT

Zen 5 refresh · 16C · 5.8 GHz

97
From
$699
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AMD

Ryzen 9 9950X

Zen 5 · 16C/32T · 5.7 GHz

96
From
$649
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AMD

Threadripper Pro 7995WX

Zen 4 · 64C/128T · sTR5

96
From
$10,000
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AMD

EPYC 9654

Zen 4 · 96C/192T · SP5

96
From
$11,805
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Apple

Apple M5 Pro

14C CPU · 20C GPU · 300 GB/s

96
From
$2,199
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AMD

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (v2)

Zen 5 + 3D V-Cache · 8C · 5.4 GHz

96
From
$499
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AMD

Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Zen 5 · 8C/16T · 104 MB cache · Gaming king

95
From
$479
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Apple

Apple M4 Pro

14C CPU · 20C GPU · 273 GB/s

95
From
$1,999
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AMD

Threadripper Pro 7985WX

Zen 4 · 64C/128T · sTR5

95
From
$7,350
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AMD

Threadripper 7980X

Zen 4 · 64C/128T · sTR5

95
From
$4,999
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Apple

Apple M5

10C CPU · 10C GPU · 50 TOPS NPU

94
From
$1,299
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AMD

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Zen 4 · 16C/32T · 120 W · AM5

94
From
$699
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AMD

Threadripper Pro 7975WX

Zen 4 · 32C/64T · sTR5

94
From
$3,900
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Apple

Apple M5

10C CPU · 10C GPU · Next-gen NPU

94
From
$1,299
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AMD

Ryzen 9 9900X

Zen 5 · 12C/24T · 120 W · AM5

93
From
$499
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AMD

Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Zen 4 · 8C/16T · 120 W · AM5

93
From
$449
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AMD

Threadripper Pro 7965WX

Zen 4 · 24C/48T · sTR5

93
From
$2,649
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AMD

Threadripper 7970X

Zen 4 · 32C/64T · sTR5

93
From
$2,499
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Intel

Intel Core Ultra 9 395K

Panther Lake · 26C · 6.0 GHz

93
From
$649
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Apple

Apple M4

10C CPU · 10C GPU · Ray-Tracing

92
From
$1,099
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AMD

Ryzen 9 7950X

Zen 4 · 16C/32T · 170 W · AM5

92
From
$699
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AMD

Threadripper Pro 5995WX

Zen 3 · 64C/128T · sWRX8

92
From
$6,499
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Intel

Xeon W9-3495X

Sapphire Rapids · 56C/112T · LGA4677

92
From
$5,889
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AMD

EPYC 9554

Zen 4 · 64C/128T · SP5

92
From
$9,087
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AMD

Threadripper 7960X

Zen 4 · 24C/48T · sTR5

91
From
$1,499
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Intel

Core Ultra 9 285K

Arrow Lake · 24C · 5.7 GHz · LGA1851

90
From
$589
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AMD

Ryzen 9 7900X

Zen 4 · 12C/24T · 170 W · AM5

90
From
$549
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Intel

Xeon W9-3475X

Sapphire Rapids · 36C/72T · LGA4677

90
From
$3,739
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AMD

Ryzen 7 9700X

Zen 5 · 8C/16T · 65 W · AM5

89
From
$359
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Intel

Core i9-14900K

Raptor Lake Refresh · 24C/32T · 125 W · LGA1700

89
From
$589
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AMD

Threadripper Pro 5975WX

Zen 3 · 32C/64T · sWRX8

89
From
$3,299
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Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 365K

Panther Lake · 22C · 5.8 GHz

89
From
$429
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AMD

Ryzen 5 9600X

Zen 5 · 6C/12T · 5.4 GHz · $279

88
From
$279
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AMD

Ryzen 9 5950X

Zen 3 · 16C/32T · 105 W · AM4

88
From
$799
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Intel

Core i9-14900KF

Raptor Lake Refresh · 24C/32T · 125 W · LGA1700

88
From
$564
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Intel

Core i9-13900K

Raptor Lake · 24C/32T · 125 W · LGA1700

88
From
$589
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Intel

Xeon W7-3465X

Sapphire Rapids · 28C/56T · LGA4677

88
From
$2,589
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AMD

EPYC 9454

Zen 4 · 48C/96T · SP5

88
From
$5,225
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Intel

Core i5-14600K

Raptor Lake Refresh · 14C · 5.3 GHz · $319

87
From
$319
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AMD

Ryzen 7 7700X

Zen 4 · 8C/16T · 105 W · AM5

87
From
$399
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Intel

Core i7-14700K

Raptor Lake Refresh · 20C/28T · 125 W · LGA1700

87
From
$409
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AMD

Threadripper Pro 5965WX

Zen 3 · 24C/48T · sWRX8

87
From
$2,399
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AMD

Ryzen 9 5900X

Zen 3 · 12C/24T · 105 W · AM4

86
From
$549
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AMD

Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Zen 3 · 8C/16T · 105 W · AM4

86
From
$449
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AMD

Ryzen 5 7600X

Zen 4 · 6C/12T · 105 W · AM5

85
From
$299
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Intel

Core Ultra 7 265K

Arrow Lake · 20C/20T · 125 W · LGA1851

85
From
$399
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Intel

Core i7-13700K

Raptor Lake · 16C/24T · 125 W · LGA1700

85
From
$409
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AMD

EPYC 9354

Zen 4 · 32C/64T · SP5

85
From
$3,420
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Intel

Core i9-12900K

Alder Lake · 16C/24T · 125 W · LGA1700

84
From
$589
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Intel

Xeon W7-2495X

Sapphire Rapids · 24C/48T · LGA4677

84
From
$2,189
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Intel

Intel Core Ultra 5 345K

Panther Lake · 14C · 5.5 GHz

84
From
$329
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Intel

Core i5-13600K

Raptor Lake · 14C/20T · 125 W · LGA1700

83
From
$319
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AMD

Ryzen 7 5800X

Zen 3 · 8C/16T · 105 W · AM4

82
From
$449
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AMD

Ryzen 9 3950X

Zen 2 · 16C/32T · 105 W · AM4

82
From
$749
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Intel

Xeon W5-3435X

Sapphire Rapids · 16C/32T · LGA4677

82
From
$1,589
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Intel

Core Ultra 5 245K

Arrow Lake · 14C/14T · 125 W · LGA1851

81
From
$309
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Intel

Core i7-12700K

Alder Lake · 12C/20T · 125 W · LGA1700

81
From
$409
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AMD

Ryzen 5 5600X

Zen 3 · 6C/12T · 65 W · AM4

80
From
$299
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AMD

Ryzen 9 3900X

Zen 2 · 12C/24T · 105 W · AM4

80
From
$499
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Intel

Core i5-12600K

Alder Lake · 10C/16T · 125 W · LGA1700

78
From
$289
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AMD

Ryzen 5 5600

Zen 3 · 6C/12T · 65 W · AM4

77
From
$199
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AMD

Ryzen 7 3700X

Zen 2 · 8C/16T · 65 W · AM4

75
From
$329
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Intel

Core i9-11900K

Rocket Lake · 8C/16T · 125 W · LGA1200

74
From
$539
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AMD

Ryzen 5 3600

Zen 2 · 6C/12T · 65 W · AM4

72
From
$199
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Intel

Core i7-11700K

Rocket Lake · 8C/16T · 125 W · LGA1200

72
From
$399
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Intel

Core i9-10900K

Comet Lake · 10C/20T · 125 W · LGA1200

72
From
$488
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Intel

Core i5-11600K

Rocket Lake · 6C/12T · 125 W · LGA1200

70
From
$269
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Intel

Core i7-10700K

Comet Lake · 8C/16T · 125 W · LGA1200

70
From
$374
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AMD

Ryzen 7 2700X

Zen+ · 8C/16T · 105 W · AM4

68
From
$329
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Intel

Core i5-10600K

Comet Lake · 6C/12T · 125 W · LGA1200

68
From
$262
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Intel

Core i9-9900K

Coffee Lake Refresh · 8C/16T · 95 W · LGA1151

68
From
$488
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Intel

Core i7-9700K

Coffee Lake Refresh · 8C/8T · 95 W · LGA1151

66
From
$374
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AMD

Ryzen 5 2600

Zen+ · 6C/12T · 65 W · AM4

64
From
$199
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AMD

Ryzen 7 1800X

Zen 1 · 8C/16T · 95 W · AM4

62
From
$499
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Intel

Core i7-8700K

Coffee Lake · 6C/12T · 95 W · LGA1151

62
From
$359
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