AMD Ryzen 7 7800X 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 7800X (67/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 60.0 Average 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 79.0 Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
L2 Cache 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 40MB (shared)
Multiplier 45x 46x
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Total Cores 8 18
Total Threads 16 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz
E-Cores 12
E-Threads 12
L1 Cache 192K (per core)

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i7 13700K
Released January 10, 2023 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - LPDDR5X-9600
ECC Support No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
PCI Express Lanes 28
PCI Express Version 5.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 5 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 105 W 72 W
Transistors 28 billions

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.1 PPW 28.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Execution Units 2 640
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs 4 160
Shading Units 128 5120
TGP 15 W
TMUs 8 320

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7800X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench

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