AMD Ryzen 5 5500 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 5500 (45/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

45/100
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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 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 55.0 Below Average 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 55.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) —
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) —
Multiplier 36x 46x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 6
Total Cores 6 18
Total Threads 12 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2421 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 424 734

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 40.4 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 61.3 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 819.4 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 147.3 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 233.2 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 61.4 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.4 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 191.9 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 11400 —
Released March 15, 2022 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 5 9500F —
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 614 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 24 —
PCI Express Version 3.0 —
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 90°C 100°C
Socket AM4 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 65 W 72 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 245.4 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 14.8 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 17.3B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 55M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 36.8 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 64.6 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 881 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 2.21 PPW 8.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 126.5 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 296.1 PPW 798.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-01-12(Dg89) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-02-21->sububurbiabomb22 GeekBench —
📘 2026-06-04(Aideau) Cinebench 2026 —
📘 2026-06-10(leosangester) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover — GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500 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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