AMD Ryzen 5 1600 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 5 1600 (29/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 42)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 34)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

29/100
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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 5 1600 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 42.0 Poor 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 34.0 Poor 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) —
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) —
Multiplier 32x 46x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 6
Total Cores 6 18
Total Threads 12 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.6 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 5 1600 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 21.9 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 40.5 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 473.5 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 121.5 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 154.2 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 48.6 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.57 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 99.8 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 8500 —
Released April 11, 2017 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 5 7600 —
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple
Codename — Apple M5

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 39.74 GB/s 460.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
PCI Express Lanes 20 —
PCI Express Version 3.0 —
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 14 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM4 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 65 W 64 W
Transistors 4.8 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 171.9 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 11.7 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 6.7B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 35M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 21.4 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 41.4 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 640 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 20.2M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 1.55 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.1 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 76.4 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 188.5 PPW 897.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-10-14(El_kocko) Cinebench 2024 —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 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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