Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max with 10-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
- Around 341.33 GB/s (500%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
- Supports quad-channel memory
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2431 vs 2027 points
- Newer - released 9 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
- Unlocked multiplier
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1450 MB/sec | 734.8 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 105.1 Klines/sec | 69 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 329.2 pages/sec | 145.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 317 Mpixels/sec | 256.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 249.6 pages/sec | 206.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 42.2 images/sec | 40.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 122.8 images/sec | 61 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 14.9 Mpixels/sec | 17.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 46.1 GOps/sec | 85.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 64.5 GOps/sec | 47 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 278M Primes/sec | 52M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 32.7M Strings/sec | 29.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 12.2 GBytes/sec | 17.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 274.4 MBytes/sec | 284.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2833 Frames/sec | 894 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 12.8B Matrices/sec | 19.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 15.8 PPW | 12.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 253.5 PPW | 157.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 443.2 PPW | 407.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.98 PPW | 3.28 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M1 Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-07-04 (Daniel) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2459 / 13052 |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 9 5900HXGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | October 18, 2021 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 3 (Cezanne) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i9 11980HK |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) | - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#123rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.6 GHz |
| E-Cores | 2 | - |
| E-Threads | 2 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 33x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 57 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 50 W | 35-54 W (configurable) |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP6 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 105°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#95th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1296 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 512 |
| TMUs | 256 | 32 |
| ROPs | 128 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 512 | 8 |
| TGP | - | 25 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 68.27 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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