AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 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 AI 9 465 (67/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 81)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 76)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
AMD

AMD Ryzen AI 9 465

67/100
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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 AI 9 465 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 81.0 Very Good 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 76.0 Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz 4.38 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
E-Cores 6 12
E-Threads 12 12
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) —
Multiplier 20x 46x
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 6
Total Cores 10 18
Total Threads 20 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz —
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4354 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 451 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 59.4 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 104.8 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 1260 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 307.9 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 431.6 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 124 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.8 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 310 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 5 (Gorgon Point) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 880M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Model number 465 —
Released January 5, 2026 March 3, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 460.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 16 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 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) 15-54 W (configurable) 64 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 354.4 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 17.9 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 25.1B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 63 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 100.7 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 1697 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 37.8M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 5.37 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.2 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 249.1 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 542.9 PPW 897.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units 12 512
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 880M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs 16 128
Shading Units 768 4096
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 48 256

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