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Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
VS
53 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Apple M1 Max
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max (laptop) with 10-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (desktop) with 8-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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Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5800X and Max
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Around 358.4 GB/s (700%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Includes an integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2431 vs 2232 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Max
vs
Ryzen 7 5800X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Max +16%
111
Ryzen 7 5800X
96
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Max
789
Ryzen 7 5800X +11%
876
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 483
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3448
Cinebench Scores (#188th 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 +9%
2431
Ryzen 7 5800X
2232
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Max +23%
12673
Ryzen 7 5800X
10270
File compression 1450 MB/sec 851.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 97.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 181 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 319.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 236.3 pages/sec
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 50.5 images/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 66.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 25.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 447 & 936 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Max +11%
3831
Ryzen 7 5800X
3448
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
22162
Ryzen 7 5800X +25%
27661
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 94.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 52.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 122M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 35.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 21.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 345.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 1354 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 23.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 2398 & 25373 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Max
199.2
Ryzen 7 5800X +9%
216.41

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.8 PPW 8.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 253.5 PPW 97.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 263.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW 2.06 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)Geekbench 6 CPU2459 / 13052
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-18 (dxd_shxdow)Cinebench 2026483 / 3448
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-15 (NyNy)Cinebench 202481 / 747
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-16 (nothampter)Cinebench 202482 / 1064
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-06 (Hexg)Cinebench 202495 / 849
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-27 (ivy:3)Cinebench 202496 / 863
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 October 8, 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 11700K
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU) - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#95th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 -
E-Threads 2 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 38x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 57 billions 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 50 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 142 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM4
Peak Temperature - 90ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#98th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) -
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz -
Shading Units 4096 -
TMUs 256 -
ROPs 128 -
Execution Units 512 -
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Max
10.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5800X
n/a
See: Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X or Apple M1 Max?
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