AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 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 9900X (85/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 68)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 91)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

85/100
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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 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 68.0 Average 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 91.0 Excellent 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 4.4 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 44x 46x
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 24 6
Total Cores 12 18
Total Threads 24 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7580 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 763 734

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 82.7 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 191.4 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 1510 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 361.8 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 534 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 118.4 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 45.5 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 350.5 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i9 14900K —
Released June 3, 2024 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 614 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 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, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 162 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 120 W 72 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 678.8 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 33.3 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 54.8B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 432M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 119.7 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 180.5 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 3330 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 71.4M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 3.79 PPW 8.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.1 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 162.9 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 452.7 PPW 798.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-12-13(want7000) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-12-25(want7000) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-01-03(Captain-Fleek) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-04-03(freziontechno) Cinebench 2026 —
📘 2026-05-01(PLL) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-06-04(Alenaes) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-06-20(Alenaes) Cinebench 2026 —
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover — GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 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 Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs 4 160
Shading Units 128 5120
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 8 320

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