AMD Ryzen 5 220 vs Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 5 220 (54/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 80)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 69)
AMD Ryzen 5 220
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 220

54/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 5 220 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 80.0 Very Good 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 69.0 Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 220 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (E) 3.0 GHz 4.38 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
E-Cores 4 12
E-Threads 8 12
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) —
Multiplier 32x 46x
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 6
Total Cores 6 18
Total Threads 12 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz —
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier No No

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 220 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 41.8 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 63.2 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 693.1 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 162.5 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 231 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 66.4 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.6 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 244.7 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 220 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core 5 210H —
Model number 220 —
Released January 7, 2025 March 3, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 220 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 460.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7500- DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 220 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 220 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 20 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 220 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket FP8 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 15-30 W (configurable) 64 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 220 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 212.7 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 12.5 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 15.5B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 65M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 35.5 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 58 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 980 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 25.4M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 220 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 4.26 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 303.6 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 619.2 PPW 897.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 220 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units 4 512
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs 8 128
Shading Units 256 4096
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 16 256

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