AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 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 8845HS (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 73)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 70)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 73.0 Good 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 70.0 Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 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 38x 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

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4125 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 570 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 59.9 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 96.4 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 1120 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 278.2 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 374.3 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 110.7 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.3 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 261.9 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core Ultra 7 165H —
Released December 6, 2023 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 7 260 —
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 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 8845HS Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS official page —
PCI Express Lanes 20 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA, XDNA2- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 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) 35-54 W (configurable) 64 W
Transistors 25 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 341.6 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 20.3 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 25.4B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 86M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 58.8 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 97 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 1339 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 41.4M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 3.8 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.3 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 241.1 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 523.9 PPW 897.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-04-07(iliakisu) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-11-02(Anonymous) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-02-22(BenchmarkBot) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-02-26(iFraan) GeekBench —
📘 2026-03-09(MaidElle) GeekBench —
📘 2026-05-07(korn87) GeekBench —
📘 2026-05-15(korn87) Cinebench 2026 —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 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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