AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) (97/100)
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | 64.0 Average | 98.0 Excellent WINNER |
| Performance | 59.0 Below Average | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
CPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Background blur | 34.6 images/sec | 100.3 images/sec |
| Clang compilation | 80.9 Klines/sec | 262.5 Klines/sec |
| File compression | 984.2 MB/sec | 2530 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 221.3 pages/sec | 738.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 331.2 Mpixels/sec | 744.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Photo processing | 82.9 images/sec | 250.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 20 Mpixels/sec | 46.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 209.8 pages/sec | 450.7 pages/sec |
General
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Codename | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) | Apple M5 |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 680M | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-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
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| ECC Support | No | No |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 307 GB/s |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 16 |
| Memory Types | - DDR5-4800- LPDDR5-6400 | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
Misc
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Fabrication Process | 6 nm | 3 nm |
| Peak Temperature | 95°C | 100°C |
| Socket | FP7 | Apple M-Socket |
| TDP (PL1) | 45 W | — |
| Transistors | — | 28 billions |
PassMark
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Data compression | 303 MBytes/sec | 697.9 MBytes/sec |
| Data encryption | 18.9 GBytes/sec | 40.8 GBytes/sec |
| Extended instructions | 20.7B Matrices/sec | 33.3B Matrices/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 62M Primes/sec | 486M Primes/sec |
| Floating point math | 49.4 GOps/sec | 186.8 GOps/sec |
| Integer math | 88.1 GOps/sec | 132.7 GOps/sec |
| Physics | 1129 Frames/sec | 5687 Frames/sec |
| Random string sorting | 31.7M Strings/sec | 85.6M Strings/sec |
Performance Per Watt
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Blender / Watt | 4.16 PPW | — |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 17 PPW | — |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 228.2 PPW | — |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 534 PPW | — |
iGPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Execution Units | 12 | 320 |
| GPU Base Clock | 400 MHz | — |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2400 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Integrated Graphics | AMD Radeon 680M | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| ROPs | 32 | 80 |
| Shading Units | 768 | 2560 |
| TGP | 15 W | 28 W |
| TMUs | 48 | 160 |
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