AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) (97/100)

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (76/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Pro (18-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (98 vs 77)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 83)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
AMD

AMD Ryzen AI Max 390

76/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Efficiency 77.0 Good 98.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 83.0 Very Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 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 32x 46x
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 24 6
Total Cores 12 18
Total Threads 24 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Background blur 72.3 images/sec 100.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 153.6 Klines/sec 262.5 Klines/sec
File compression 1650 MB/sec 2530 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 426.3 pages/sec 738.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 483.3 Mpixels/sec 744.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 191.8 images/sec 250.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 32.4 Mpixels/sec 46.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 307.1 pages/sec 450.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 8050S Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core Ultra X9 388H —
Model number 390 —
Released January 7, 2025 March 3, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 256 GB/s 307 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 4 16
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8000 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 16 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - 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 AI Max 390 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 120 W —
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket FP11 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) —
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Data compression 487.1 MBytes/sec 697.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 25.1 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 38.7B Matrices/sec 33.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 316M Primes/sec 486M Primes/sec
Floating point math 90.6 GOps/sec 186.8 GOps/sec
Integer math 146.5 GOps/sec 132.7 GOps/sec
Physics 2761 Frames/sec 5687 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 53.1M Strings/sec 85.6M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Blender / Watt 6.22 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.7 PPW —
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 344.6 PPW —
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 758.9 PPW —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Execution Units 32 320
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 8050S Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
ROPs 64 80
Shading Units 2048 2560
TGP 55 W 28 W
TMUs 128 160

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