AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Apple M4 Max 14 Core
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6 cores 2.1GHz and Apple M4 Max 14 Core with 14 cores 4.52GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (25W vs 62W)
Apple M4 Max 14 Core 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 9 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 4266)
Larger memory bandwidth (410GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 2.1GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1168
Apple M4 Max 14 Core
+87%
2190
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7059
Apple M4 Max 14 Core
+223%
22854
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1445
Apple M4 Max 14 Core
+176%
3997
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5919
Apple M4 Max 14 Core
+292%
23252
Passmark CPU Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2453
Apple M4 Max 14 Core
+87%
4611
Passmark CPU Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
13092
Apple M4 Max 14 Core
+194%
38563
General Parameters
Jan 2021
Release Date
Oct 2024
AMD
Manufacturer
Apple
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
ARMv9
Lucienne
Core Architecture
Apple M4
FP6
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Radeon RX Vega 7
Integrated Graphics
Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core)
Package
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
10-25 W
Power Consumption
62 W
105 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
10
12
Performance Core Threads
10
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.52 GHz
4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
-
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.59 GHz
6
Total Core Count
14
12
Total Thread Count
14
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
21x
Multiplier
45
64 K per core
L1 Cache
-
512 K per core
L2 Cache
-
8 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533
32 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
-
51.2 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
410 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
448
Shader Units
4096
28
Texture Units
256
7
Raster Operation Units
128
-
Execution Units
512
10-45 W
Power Consumption
51
1.108 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
14.7 TFLOPS
