AMD Ryzen 7 4800H 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 7 4800H (42/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 61.0 Average 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 47.0 Poor 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared)
Multiplier 29x 46x
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Total Cores 8 18
Total Threads 16 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz
E-Cores 12
E-Threads 12

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2472 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 300 734

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 37.4 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 60.6 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 525.2 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 141.9 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 239.3 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 53.7 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.6 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 136.2 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 2 (Renoir) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon Vega 7 Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i7 11850H
Released January 6, 2020 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 68.27 GB/s 614 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4X-4266 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 4800H official page
PCI Express Lanes 16
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 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Socket FP6 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 72 W
Transistors 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 265.5 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 15.1 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 16.8B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 33M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 36.9 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 63.2 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 737 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 28.7M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 2.81 PPW 8.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.3 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 331.8 PPW 798.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-01-08(Secondoff3471) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-03-04(Smothy) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-05-12(Lee) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-06-03(Tommy) Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-02-28(Kaismeer) Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Execution Units 7 640
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Vega 7 Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs 8 160
Shading Units 448 5120
TGP 15 W
TMUs 28 320

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