AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 Threadripper 3970X (65/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
AMD

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

65/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 50.0 Below Average 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 49.0 Poor 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) —
L3 Cache 128MB (shared) —
Multiplier 37x 46x
P-Cores 32 6
P-Threads 64 6
Total Cores 32 18
Total Threads 64 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 45.5 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 184.1 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 808.2 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.7 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 269.7 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 107.1 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 58.3 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 137 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Released November 25, 2019 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple
Codename — Apple M5

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 614 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 32
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X official page —
PCI Express Lanes 64 —
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

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket sTRX4 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 280 W 72 W
Transistors 15.2 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 1159.7 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 75.1 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 74.9B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 333M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 154.8 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 263.6 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 3059 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 121.2M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 2.48 PPW 8.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.2 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 46.2 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 224.7 PPW 798.1 PPW

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 734

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover — GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Execution Units — 640
GPU Boost Clock — 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics — Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
ROPs — 160
Shading Units — 5120
TMUs — 320

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