AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 6900HX (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 64)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 59)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

52/100
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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 6900HX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 64.0 Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 59.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 512K (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) 4.9 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 6900HX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 34.6 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 80.9 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 984.2 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 221.3 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 331.2 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 82.9 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 209.8 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 680M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i9 12900HX —
Released January 4, 2022 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX —
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 460.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - DDR5-4800- LPDDR5-6400 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page —
PCI Express Lanes 20 —
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 6900HX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 6 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket FP7 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 45 W 64 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 303 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 18.9 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 20.7B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 62M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 88.1 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 1129 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 31.7M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 4.16 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 228.2 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 534 PPW 897.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units 12 512
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2400 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 680M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs 32 128
Shading Units 768 4096
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 48 256

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