AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 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 Pro 215 (54/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215

54/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-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 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 80.0 Very Good 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 67.0 Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (E) 3.0 GHz 4.38 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
E-Cores 4 12
E-Threads 8 12
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) —
Multiplier 32x 46x
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 6
Total Cores 6 18
Total Threads 12 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz —
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier No No

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 43 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 61.8 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 823.7 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 160.8 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 222.2 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 65.3 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.9 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 247.2 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Released January 6, 2025 March 3, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7500- DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 614 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 20 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket FP8 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 15-30 W (configurable) 72 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 200.9 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 11.9 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 66M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 34.4 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 56.9 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 960 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 24.1M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.1 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 283.1 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 597.3 PPW 798.1 PPW
Blender / Watt — 8.1 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Execution Units 4 640
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2700 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs 8 160
Shading Units 256 5120
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 16 320

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 734

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 215 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover — GeekBench

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