AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D 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 5500X3D (45/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 69)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 54)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

45/100
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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 5500X3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 69.0 Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 54.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) —
L3 Cache 96MB (shared) —
Multiplier 30x 46x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 6
Total Cores 6 18
Total Threads 12 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 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 5 5500X3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 45.6 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 54.3 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 1070 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 201.9 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 238.6 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 75.9 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.9 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 182.7 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Model number 5500X3D —
Released June 5, 2025 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 460.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D official page —
PCI Express Lanes 20 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - Memory: 3D V-Cache- 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 5 5500X3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W —
Peak Temperature 90°C 100°C
Socket AM4 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 105 W 64 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 230.1 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 14 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 15.9B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 170M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 34.5 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 60 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 2280 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 23.7M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 1.39 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.7 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 85.2 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 193.8 PPW 897.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D 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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