Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU) vs AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU) with 18-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Ryzen AI Max PRO 485 are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU)
- Has 10 more physical cores
- Around 204.8 GB/s (80%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 43% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4283 vs 3001 points
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
- More powerful Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 13.3 vs 11.5 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485
- Newer - released 6 months later
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#9th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2730 MB/sec | - |
| Clang compilation | 264.8 Klines/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 769.2 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 762.6 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Text processing | 438.2 pages/sec | - |
| Background blur | 99.8 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 260.4 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 48.4 Mpixels/sec | - |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 132.6 GOps/sec | - |
| Floating point math | 186.1 GOps/sec | - |
| Find prime numbers | 553M Primes/sec | - |
| Random string sorting | 84.9M Strings/sec | - |
| Data encryption | 40.8 GBytes/sec | - |
| Data compression | 689.6 MBytes/sec | - |
| Physics | 6847 Frames/sec | - |
| Extended instructions | 33.4B Matrices/sec | - |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 307.5 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU) and AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | September 5, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | - |
| Model number | T6051 | 485 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) | Radeon 8050S |
CPU
| P-Cores | 18 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 18 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5 GHz |
| Total Cores | 18 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 46x | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 45-55 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 120 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP11 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#1st place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) | Radeon 8050S |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 1295 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 2048 |
| TMUs | 256 | 128 |
| ROPs | 128 | 64 |
| Execution Units | 512 | 32 |
| TGP | - | 55 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 24 | 4 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 460.8 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485 official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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