AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 5800X3D (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
- + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 54)
- + Higher Performance score (100 vs 60)
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | 54.0 Below Average | 93.0 Excellent WINNER |
| Performance | 60.0 Average | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
CPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 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 | 34x | 46x |
| P-Cores | 8 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 6 |
| Total Cores | 8 | 18 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 18 |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.5 GHz | — |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
| Base Frequency (E) | — | 4.38 GHz |
| E-Cores | — | 12 |
| E-Threads | — | 12 |
GeekBench v6
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Background blur | 54.7 images/sec | 99.8 images/sec |
| Clang compilation | 80.7 Klines/sec | 264.8 Klines/sec |
| File compression | 1240 MB/sec | 2730 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 227.7 pages/sec | 769.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 316.9 Mpixels/sec | 762.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Photo processing | 81.4 images/sec | 260.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 19.9 Mpixels/sec | 48.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 205.9 pages/sec | 438.2 pages/sec |
General
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 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) |
| Intel Equivalent | -Intel Core i7 12700K | — |
| Released | March 15, 2022 | March 3, 2026 |
| Successor | -AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | — |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Vendor | Amd | Apple |
Memory Support
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 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- DDR4-2933- DDR4-2667 | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
Misc
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Peak Temperature | 90°C | 100°C |
| Socket | AM4 | Apple M-Socket |
| TDP (PL1) | 105 W | 64 W |
| Transistors | — | 28 billions |
PassMark
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Data compression | 329.4 MBytes/sec | 689.6 MBytes/sec |
| Data encryption | 20.2 GBytes/sec | 40.8 GBytes/sec |
| Extended instructions | 22.6B Matrices/sec | 33.4B Matrices/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 230M Primes/sec | 553M Primes/sec |
| Floating point math | 50.1 GOps/sec | 186.1 GOps/sec |
| Integer math | 88.2 GOps/sec | 132.6 GOps/sec |
| Physics | 2875 Frames/sec | 6847 Frames/sec |
| Random string sorting | 33.8M Strings/sec | 84.9M Strings/sec |
Performance Per Watt
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Blender / Watt | 2.02 PPW | — |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 7.9 PPW | 32.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 106.6 PPW | 454.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 269.4 PPW | 897.9 PPW |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | — |
| 📘 2025-07-14(Demon) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-08-10(Abdullah) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-10-14(souL) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-10-24(masuzo) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-11-02(Homer35) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-12-30->vermilixn | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2026-01-29(3Dawe) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
iGPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 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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