AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX 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 9850HX (72/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 77)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 80)
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX

72/100
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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 9850HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 77.0 Good 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 80.0 Very Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) —
Multiplier 30x 46x
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 24 6
Total Cores 12 18
Total Threads 24 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 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 9850HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 70 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 173.4 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 1550 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 331.9 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 520.3 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 126.8 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.2 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 334 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 5 (Fire Range) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX —
Model number 9850HX —
Released January 7, 2025 March 3, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 614 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX official page —
PCI Express Lanes 28 —
PCI Express Version 5.0 —
Technologies - Memory: AMD EXPO- Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, Precision Boost OD, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 101 W —
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket FL1 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 55-75 W (configurable) 72 W
Transistors — 28 billions

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 5.87 PPW 8.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 19.7 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 243.8 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 798.1 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX 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 610M 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 9 9850HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 734

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX 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 9 9850HX Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover — GeekBench

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