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Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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Apple M1 Max
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Apple M1 Max
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max (laptop) with 10-cores against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (desktop) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

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Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
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Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600X and Max
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2431 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Max
vs
Ryzen 5 7600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Max
111
Ryzen 5 7600X +4%
115
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Max
789
Ryzen 5 7600X +7%
846
Cinebench Scores (#196th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M1 Max
2431
Ryzen 5 7600X +21%
2941
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
12673
Ryzen 5 7600X +7%
13615
File compression 1450 MB/sec 1490 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 269.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 342 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 308.4 pages/sec
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 108.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 447 & 1068 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Max
3831
Ryzen 5 7600X +8%
4129
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
22162
Ryzen 5 7600X +28%
28271
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 84.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 50.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 38.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 18.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 317.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 1820 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 2398 & 11881 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Max
199.2
Ryzen 5 7600X +7%
213.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.8 PPW 8.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 253.5 PPW 129.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 269.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW 2.03 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M1 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-04 (Daniel)GeekBench2459 / 13052
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-19 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 883
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 856
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru)Cinebench 2024121 / 917
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)GeekBench3054 / 14225
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Cinebench 2024121 / 899
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 September 29, 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 13600K
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU) - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#50th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 -
E-Threads 2 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 10 12
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 47x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 57 billions 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 50 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 116 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM5
Peak Temperature - 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#71st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 4096 128
TMUs 256 8
ROPs 128 4
Execution Units 512 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Max +1667%
10.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7600X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page
PCI Express Version - 5.0
PCI Express Lanes - 28

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