AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 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+ 392 (75/100), 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 77)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392
AMD

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392

75/100
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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+ 392 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 81.0 Very Good 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 77.0 Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 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+ 392 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 72.5 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 147 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 1450 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 426.6 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 429.7 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 175.7 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.8 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 314.8 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 8060S Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Model number 392 —
Released January 5, 2026 March 3, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 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+ 392 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 16 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 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+ 392 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 555.7 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 27.8 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 45.8B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 315M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 99.8 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 152.5 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 2881 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 59.5M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 7.07 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.3 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 327.3 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 823 PPW 897.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units 40 512
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 8060S Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs 64 128
Shading Units 2560 4096
TGP 55 W —
TMUs 160 256

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