AMD Ryzen 7 6800H 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 6800H (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | 64.0 Average | 92.0 Excellent WINNER |
| Performance | 56.0 Below Average | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
CPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-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) | 4.7 GHz | — |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
| Base Frequency (E) | — | 4.38 GHz |
| E-Cores | — | 12 |
| E-Threads | — | 12 |
Cinebench
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 3117 | 9428 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 437 | 734 |
GeekBench v6
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Background blur | 46 images/sec | 106.1 images/sec |
| Clang compilation | 68.6 Klines/sec | 271.1 Klines/sec |
| File compression | 944.9 MB/sec | 2990 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 196.3 pages/sec | 811.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 295.8 Mpixels/sec | 764 Mpixels/sec |
| Photo processing | 84.4 images/sec | 303.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17.9 Mpixels/sec | 47.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 194.5 pages/sec | 457.1 pages/sec |
General
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Codename | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) | Apple M5 |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 680M | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Intel Equivalent | -Intel Core i7 12800H | — |
| Released | January 4, 2022 | March 3, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Vendor | Amd | Apple |
Memory Support
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 614 GB/s |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 32 |
| Memory Types | - DDR5-4800- LPDDR5-6400 | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
Misc
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H official page | — |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | — |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | — |
| Technologies | - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP | — |
Package
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Fabrication Process | 6 nm | 3 nm |
| Peak Temperature | 95°C | 100°C |
| Socket | FP7 | Apple M-Socket |
| TDP (PL1) | 45 W | 72 W |
| Transistors | — | 28 billions |
PassMark
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Data compression | 289.4 MBytes/sec | 689.6 MBytes/sec |
| Data encryption | 17.9 GBytes/sec | 40.8 GBytes/sec |
| Extended instructions | 19.8B Matrices/sec | 33.4B Matrices/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 57M Primes/sec | 553M Primes/sec |
| Floating point math | 47.3 GOps/sec | 186.1 GOps/sec |
| Integer math | 84 GOps/sec | 132.6 GOps/sec |
| Physics | 1027 Frames/sec | 6847 Frames/sec |
| Random string sorting | 30.2M Strings/sec | 84.9M Strings/sec |
Performance Per Watt
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 15.8 PPW | 28.8 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 215.8 PPW | 419.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 504.7 PPW | 798.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | — | 8.1 PPW |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | Benchmark |
| 📘 2025-01-12(Edu) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-03-09(Lex) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2026-04-01(Ronak Sarkar) | Cinebench 2026 | — |
| 📘 2026-07-03(Sarfraz) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover | — | GeekBench |
iGPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Execution Units | 12 | 640 |
| GPU Base Clock | 400 MHz | — |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Integrated Graphics | AMD Radeon 680M | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| ROPs | 32 | 160 |
| Shading Units | 768 | 5120 |
| TGP | 15 W | — |
| TMUs | 48 | 320 |
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