AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 9 5900HX (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 61)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 57)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

48/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 61.0 Average 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 57.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 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 33x 46x
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Total Cores 8 18
Total Threads 16 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 40.2 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 734.8 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 145.5 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 256.9 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 61 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.1 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.4 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 8 Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i9 11980HK —
Released January 12, 2021 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX —
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 68.27 GB/s 614 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4-4266 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-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) 72 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 284.2 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 17.9 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 19.3B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 52M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 47 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 85.1 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 894 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 29.7M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 3.28 PPW 8.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.9 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 157.5 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 407.4 PPW 798.1 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Execution Units 8 640
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2100 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 8 Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs 8 160
Shading Units 512 5120
TGP 25 W —
TMUs 32 320

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 734

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover — GeekBench

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