AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 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 8845HS (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | 73.0 Good | 92.0 Excellent WINNER |
| Performance | 70.0 Good | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
CPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.8 GHz | 4.61 GHz |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | — |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | — |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | — |
| Multiplier | 38x | 46x |
| P-Cores | 8 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 6 |
| Total Cores | 8 | 18 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 18 |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.1 GHz | — |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
| Base Frequency (E) | — | 4.38 GHz |
| E-Cores | — | 12 |
| E-Threads | — | 12 |
Cinebench
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 4125 | 9428 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 570 | 734 |
GeekBench v6
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Background blur | 59.9 images/sec | 106.1 images/sec |
| Clang compilation | 96.4 Klines/sec | 271.1 Klines/sec |
| File compression | 1120 MB/sec | 2990 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 278.2 pages/sec | 811.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 374.3 Mpixels/sec | 764 Mpixels/sec |
| Photo processing | 110.7 images/sec | 303.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 22.3 Mpixels/sec | 47.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 261.9 pages/sec | 457.1 pages/sec |
General
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Codename | Zen 4 (Hawk Point) | Apple M5 |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 780M | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Intel Equivalent | -Intel Core Ultra 7 165H | — |
| Released | December 6, 2023 | March 3, 2026 |
| Successor | -AMD Ryzen 7 260 | — |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Vendor | Amd | Apple |
Memory Support
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| ECC Support | No | No |
| Max. Memory Size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 32 |
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5x-7500 | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | — | 614 GB/s |
Misc
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS official page | — |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | — |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | — |
| Technologies | - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA, XDNA2- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP | — |
Package
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
| Socket | FP8 | Apple M-Socket |
| TDP (PL1) | 35-54 W (configurable) | 72 W |
| Transistors | 25 billions | 28 billions |
PassMark
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Data compression | 341.6 MBytes/sec | 689.6 MBytes/sec |
| Data encryption | 20.3 GBytes/sec | 40.8 GBytes/sec |
| Extended instructions | 25.4B Matrices/sec | 33.4B Matrices/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 86M Primes/sec | 553M Primes/sec |
| Floating point math | 58.8 GOps/sec | 186.1 GOps/sec |
| Integer math | 97 GOps/sec | 132.6 GOps/sec |
| Physics | 1339 Frames/sec | 6847 Frames/sec |
| Random string sorting | 41.4M Strings/sec | 84.9M Strings/sec |
Performance Per Watt
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Blender / Watt | 3.8 PPW | 8.1 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 17.3 PPW | 28.8 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 241.1 PPW | 419.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 523.9 PPW | 798.1 PPW |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | Benchmark |
| 📘 2025-04-07(iliakisu) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-11-02(Anonymous) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2026-02-22(BenchmarkBot) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2026-02-26(iFraan) | GeekBench | — |
| 📘 2026-03-09(MaidElle) | GeekBench | — |
| 📘 2026-05-07(korn87) | GeekBench | — |
| 📘 2026-05-15(korn87) | Cinebench 2026 | — |
| 📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover | — | GeekBench |
iGPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Execution Units | 12 | 640 |
| GPU Base Clock | 800 MHz | — |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2700 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon 780M | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| ROPs | 32 | 160 |
| Shading Units | 768 | 5120 |
| TGP | 15 W | — |
| TMUs | 48 | 320 |
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