AMD Ryzen 5 5600H 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 5600H (42/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 61.0 Average 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 52.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared)
Multiplier 33x 46x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 6
Total Cores 6 18
Total Threads 12 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 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 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 32.8 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 53.2 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 604.2 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 109.3 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 175.5 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 47.4 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.8 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 194.4 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 11500H
Released January 12, 2021 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4-4266 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5600H official page
PCI Express Lanes 16
PCI Express Version 3.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Socket FP6 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 72 W
Transistors 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 204.1 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 12.7 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 14.1B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 32.8 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 58.3 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 712 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 21M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 8.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.4 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 125.5 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 303 PPW 798.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2024-11-14(Barakun97) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-04-29->stellar GeekBench
📘 2025-05-03(bluntking) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-10-12(Juu) GeekBench
📘 2025-10-14(Juuhachi) GeekBench
📘 2025-10-14(Juuhana) GeekBench
📘 2025-11-21->mayankdhami Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Execution Units 7 640
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7 Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs 8 160
Shading Units 448 5120
TGP 15 W
TMUs 28 320

Cinebench

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

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