AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 vs Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 (72/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 81.0 Very Good 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 80.0 Very Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-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 8 12
E-Threads 16 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 12 18
Total Threads 24 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4767 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Zen 5 (Gorgon Point) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 890M Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
Model number 475
Released January 5, 2026 March 3, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 614 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 32
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 official page
PCI Express Lanes 16
PCI Express Version 4.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-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) 72 W
Transistors 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 504.1 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 24.3 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 35.6B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 139M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 83.4 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 131.9 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 2018 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 52.3M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 274.7 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.4 PPW 798.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Execution Units 16 640
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 3100 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 890M Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs 32 160
Shading Units 1024 5120
TGP 15 W
TMUs 64 320

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench

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