AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 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 9 3950X (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 52)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 50)
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

53/100
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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 9 3950X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 52.0 Below Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 50.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) —
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) —
Multiplier 35x 46x
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 32 6
Total Cores 16 18
Total Threads 32 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 41.9 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 137.6 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 869 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 204.1 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 335.9 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 73.3 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.4 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 145.8 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i9 9900K —
Released November 25, 2019 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple
Codename — Apple M5

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 460.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 3950X official page —
PCI Express Lanes 16 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Socket AM4 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 105 W 64 W
Transistors 3.8 billions 28 billions
Peak Temperature — 100°C

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 587.6 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 37.8 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 36.6B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 173M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 77.8 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.8 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 1602 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 63.1M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 3.59 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 108.3 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 366.1 PPW 897.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-07-18(Maki) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-11-27(Elizabeth) Cinebench 2024 —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 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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