Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

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Apple M3 Max AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz 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 M3 Max 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 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 (4.05GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (40W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +33%

1958

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

1467

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +88%

24128

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

12791

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +58%

3227

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

2034

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +187%

21173

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

7376

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Max +44%

4793

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

3308

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +92%

40041

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

20753

Apple M3 Max

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Apr 2021

Apple

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Cezanne

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP6

Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon RX Vega 8

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FP6

40 W

Power Consumption

45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

105 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

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

128 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

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1750 MHz

5120

Shader Units

512

320

Texture Units

32

160

Raster Operation Units

8

640

Execution Units

-

Power Consumption

15 W

16.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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