AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX 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 Pro 3955WX (54/100), 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 48)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 50.0 Below Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 48.0 Poor 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) —
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) —
Multiplier 39x 46x
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 32 6
Total Cores 16 18
Total Threads 32 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 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 Threadripper Pro 3955WX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 46 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 130.6 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 1280 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 343.7 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 358.9 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 102.7 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 30 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 132.2 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Released July 14, 2020 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple
Codename — Apple M5

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Size 2048 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 24
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 460.8 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX official page —
PCI Express Lanes 128 —
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 Pro 3955WX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 90°C 100°C
Socket sWRX8 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 280 W 64 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 600.2 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 37.9 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 38.9B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 191M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 77.8 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.1 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 2377 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 63.3M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 1.32 PPW —
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 48.7 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 142.2 PPW 897.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 32.3 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX 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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