AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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 Z2 Extreme (64/100), 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 75)
AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
AMD

AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme

64/100
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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 Z2 Extreme Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Efficiency 81.0 Very Good 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 75.0 Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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 5 12
E-Threads 10 12
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) —
Multiplier 20x 46x
P-Cores 3 6
P-Threads 6 6
Total Cores 8 18
Total Threads 16 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz —
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier No No

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Background blur 51.9 images/sec 99.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 77.2 Klines/sec 264.8 Klines/sec
File compression 1100 MB/sec 2730 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264 pages/sec 769.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 343.4 Mpixels/sec 762.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 121.5 images/sec 260.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 278.8 pages/sec 438.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Point) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 890M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Released June 9, 2025 March 3, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 24
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5X-8000 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 460.8 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Official Site AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme official page —
PCI Express Lanes 16 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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) 15-35 W (configurable) 64 W
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Data compression 279.3 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 84M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 50.5 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 81.5 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 1344 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 30.2M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 5.66 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.6 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 338.7 PPW 454.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 679 PPW 897.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Execution Units 16 512
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 890M Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
ROPs 32 128
Shading Units 1024 4096
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 64 256

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