AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 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 7 5800H (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 61)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 55)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 61.0 Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 55.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 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 32x 46x
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Total Cores 8 18
Total Threads 16 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 34.9 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 64.4 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 718.1 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 140 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 254.6 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 58.7 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 16 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 201.4 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 8 Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i7 11800H —
Released January 12, 2021 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 7 6800H —
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 68.27 GB/s 460.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4-4266 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 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 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-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) 64 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 266.6 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 16.7 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 18B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 48M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 43.9 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 79.1 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 823 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 27.8M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 3.07 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.1 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 150 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 379.2 PPW 897.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-01-06(Ashish) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-06-30(Hinge Problems User) GeekBench —
📘 2025-08-18(Chandra Prakash) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-02-21(P) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-07-29(Mike) GeekBench —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units 8 512
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 8 Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs 8 128
Shading Units 512 4096
TGP 25 W —
TMUs 32 256

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