AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 5800X3D (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 54.0 Below Average 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 60.0 Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 96MB (shared)
Multiplier 34x 46x
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Total Cores 8 18
Total Threads 16 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 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 5800X3D Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 54.7 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 80.7 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 1240 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 227.7 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 316.9 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 81.4 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.9 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 205.9 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i7 12700K
Released March 15, 2022 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 614 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR4-3200- DDR4-2933- DDR4-2667 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D official page
PCI Express Lanes 20
PCI Express Version 4.0
Technologies - Memory: 3D V-Cache- 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 7 5800X3D 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) 105 W 72 W
Transistors 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 329.4 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 20.2 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 22.6B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 230M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 50.1 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 88.2 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 2875 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 33.8M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 2.02 PPW 8.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.9 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 106.6 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 269.4 PPW 798.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-07-14(Demon) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-08-10(Abdullah) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-10-14(souL) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-10-24(masuzo) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-11-02(Homer35) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-30->vermilixn Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-01-29(3Dawe) Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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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