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 (6400 vs 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)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)

Lower TDP (40W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +34%

1968

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

1466

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +88%

24163

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

12815

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

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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