AMD Ryzen 5 5600F vs Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 5 5600F (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 71.0 Good 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 57.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-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 32MB (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 Yes No
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz
E-Cores 12
E-Threads 12

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Released September 16, 2025 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 614 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5600F official page
PCI Express Lanes 24
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 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM4 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 65 W 72 W
Transistors 4.1 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 232.8 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 13.8 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 16.3B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 120M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 34.5 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 59.3 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 1043 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 23.4M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.1 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 295.9 PPW 798.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-01-19(Rockerz) GeekBench
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600F Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Execution Units 640
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs 160
Shading Units 5120
TMUs 320

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