AMD Ryzen 7 7840U 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 7840U (57/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 74)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 67)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
AMD

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

57/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 74.0 Good 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 67.0 Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-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 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) —
Multiplier 33x 46x
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Total Cores 8 18
Total Threads 16 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 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 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 47.5 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 82.2 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 1110 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 210.4 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 298.4 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 90.5 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.5 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 250.6 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i7 1370P —
Released May 3, 2023 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 7 250 —
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5x-7500 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 460.8 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 7840U official page —
PCI Express Lanes 20 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-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) 64 W
Transistors 25 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 282.7 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 17.4 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 20B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 79M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 50.9 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 89.3 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 1245 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 33.5M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 6.65 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.3 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 357.5 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 812.8 PPW 897.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-03-15(JP) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-08-03(Aaron) Cinebench 2024 —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units 12 512
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2700 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs 32 128
Shading Units 768 4096
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 48 256

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