AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 45)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 37)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

31/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-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 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 45.0 Poor 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 37.0 Poor 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) —
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) —
Multiplier 34x 46x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 6
Total Cores 6 18
Total Threads 12 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 22.9 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 39.8 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 582.9 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 134.6 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 160.4 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 48 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.95 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 102.9 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 8500 —
Released September 11, 2018 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 5 7600 —
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple
Codename — Apple M5

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 43.71 GB/s 614 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR4-2933 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
PCI Express Lanes 20 —
PCI Express Version 3.0 —
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 12 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM4 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 65 W 72 W
Transistors 4.8 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 186.9 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 12.4 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 37M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 22.9 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 44.4 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 669 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 21.5M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 1.65 PPW 8.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.1 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 80.6 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 202 PPW 798.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2024-08-25(Guest #2) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-06-10(Edwardvansloan) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-02-25(Friendly_Name) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover — GeekBench

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 734

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Execution Units — 640
GPU Boost Clock — 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics — Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs — 160
Shading Units — 5120
TMUs — 320

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