AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D vs Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D (74/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 70)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 78)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D

74/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-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 7945HX3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 70.0 Good 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 78.0 Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 128MB (shared) —
Multiplier 23x 46x
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 32 6
Total Cores 16 18
Total Threads 32 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 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 7945HX3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 60.1 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 178.3 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 1520 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 299.6 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 456.8 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 104.6 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 36.9 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288.5 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 4 (Dragon Range) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i9 13950HX —
Model number 7945HX3D —
Released August 22, 2023 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D —
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 460.8 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D official page —
PCI Express Lanes 28 —
PCI Express Version 5.0 —
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 5 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 89°C 100°C
Socket FL1 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 55-75 W (configurable) 64 W
Transistors 17.8 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 704.8 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 42.6 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 52.4B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 443M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 121.8 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 202.2 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 4366 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.6M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 6.15 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.6 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 225.7 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 769.7 PPW 897.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units 2 512
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs 4 128
Shading Units 128 4096
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 8 256

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