AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 Threadripper 3960X (59/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 50)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 46)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AMD

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

59/100
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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 Threadripper 3960X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 50.0 Below Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 46.0 Poor 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) —
L3 Cache 128MB (shared) —
Multiplier 38x 46x
P-Cores 24 6
P-Threads 48 6
Total Cores 24 18
Total Threads 48 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 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 Threadripper 3960X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 38.4 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 168.6 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 824.2 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 236.3 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 164.3 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 80.1 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 38 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 130.7 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Released November 25, 2019 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple
Codename — Apple M5

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 460.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 24
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X official page —
PCI Express Lanes 64 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket sTRX4 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 280 W 64 W
Transistors 15.2 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 894.8 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 57.2 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 57.8B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 416M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 116.7 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 198.9 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 3307 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 94.6M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 1.95 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.9 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 40.4 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 195.6 PPW 897.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units — 512
GPU Boost Clock — 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics — Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs — 128
Shading Units — 4096
TMUs — 256

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