Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

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Apple M2 Max AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 5900H with 8 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs LPDDR4-4266)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 68.27GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +11%

1629

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

1466

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +16%

14912

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

12815

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +32%

2696

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

2034

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +102%

14905

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

7376

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +31%

2004

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

1528

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +70%

15030

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

8790

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Max +25%

4149

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

3308

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +26%

26232

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

20753

Apple M2 Max

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Apr 2021

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Cezanne

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP6

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon RX Vega 8

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP6

30 W

Power Consumption

45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

105 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

8

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

33x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

-

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

96 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

68.27 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1750 MHz

4864

Shader Units

512

304

Texture Units

32

152

Raster Operation Units

8

608

Execution Units

-

70 W

Power Consumption

15 W

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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