AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 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 Max 390 (76/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 77)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 83)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
AMD

AMD Ryzen AI Max 390

76/100
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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 Max 390 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 77.0 Good 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 83.0 Very Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) —
Multiplier 32x 46x
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 24 6
Total Cores 12 18
Total Threads 24 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 72.3 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 153.6 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 1650 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 426.3 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 483.3 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 191.8 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 32.4 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 307.1 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 8050S Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core Ultra X9 388H —
Model number 390 —
Released January 7, 2025 March 3, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 256 GB/s 460.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 24
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8000 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 16 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, Precision Boost OD, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 120 W —
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket FP11 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 64 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 487.1 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 25.1 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 38.7B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 316M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 90.6 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 146.5 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 2761 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 53.1M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 6.22 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.7 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 344.6 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 758.9 PPW 897.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units 32 512
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 8050S Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs 64 128
Shading Units 2048 4096
TGP 55 W —
TMUs 128 256

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