AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 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 7 5800H (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
- + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 61)
- + Higher Performance score (100 vs 55)
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | 61.0 Average | 93.0 Excellent WINNER |
| Performance | 55.0 Below Average | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
CPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 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 | 32x | 46x |
| P-Cores | 8 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 6 |
| Total Cores | 8 | 18 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 18 |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.4 GHz | — |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
| Base Frequency (E) | — | 4.38 GHz |
| E-Cores | — | 12 |
| E-Threads | — | 12 |
GeekBench v6
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Background blur | 34.9 images/sec | 99.8 images/sec |
| Clang compilation | 64.4 Klines/sec | 264.8 Klines/sec |
| File compression | 718.1 MB/sec | 2730 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 140 pages/sec | 769.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 254.6 Mpixels/sec | 762.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Photo processing | 58.7 images/sec | 260.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 16 Mpixels/sec | 48.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 201.4 pages/sec | 438.2 pages/sec |
General
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Codename | Zen 3 (Cezanne) | Apple M5 |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 8 | Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) |
| Intel Equivalent | -Intel Core i7 11800H | — |
| Released | January 12, 2021 | March 3, 2026 |
| Successor | -AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | — |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Vendor | Amd | Apple |
Memory Support
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68.27 GB/s | 460.8 GB/s |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 24 |
| Memory Types | - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4-4266 | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
Misc
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H official page | — |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | — |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | — |
| Technologies | - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP | — |
Package
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-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) | 64 W |
| Transistors | — | 28 billions |
PassMark
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Data compression | 266.6 MBytes/sec | 689.6 MBytes/sec |
| Data encryption | 16.7 GBytes/sec | 40.8 GBytes/sec |
| Extended instructions | 18B Matrices/sec | 33.4B Matrices/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 48M Primes/sec | 553M Primes/sec |
| Floating point math | 43.9 GOps/sec | 186.1 GOps/sec |
| Integer math | 79.1 GOps/sec | 132.6 GOps/sec |
| Physics | 823 Frames/sec | 6847 Frames/sec |
| Random string sorting | 27.8M Strings/sec | 84.9M Strings/sec |
Performance Per Watt
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Blender / Watt | 3.07 PPW | — |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 13.1 PPW | 32.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 150 PPW | 454.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 379.2 PPW | 897.9 PPW |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | — |
| 📘 2025-01-06(Ashish) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-06-30(Hinge Problems User) | GeekBench | — |
| 📘 2025-08-18(Chandra Prakash) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2026-02-21(P) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2026-07-29(Mike) | GeekBench | — |
iGPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Execution Units | 8 | 512 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | — |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2000 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 8 | Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) |
| ROPs | 8 | 128 |
| Shading Units | 512 | 4096 |
| TGP | 25 W | — |
| TMUs | 32 | 256 |
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