AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395, vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
2032
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
31756
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
115
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
208
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
1686
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
1982
PassMark
Integer Mathn/a111.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a158.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a479 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a71.8 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a34.1 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a593.7 MB/s
Physicsn/a5502 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a273 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
2968
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
20613
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
File Compression1700 MB/s2370 MB/s
Clang Compilation176.1 KLines/s222.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser477.9 pages/s672.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering556.2 MP/sec667.2 MP/sec
Text Processing314 pages/s436.8 pages/s
Background Blur71.4 frames/s98.7 frames/s
Photo Processing201.8 frames/s238.6 frames/s
Ray Tracing38.9 MP/sec39.7 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
421.19
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 374.8 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 30.7 PPW n/a
Blender / W 7.66 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 3, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Apple M5
Integrated GPU Radeon 8060S Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 5
Threads 32 5
Frequency 3.0 GHz 4.61 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a10
Threadsn/a10
Frequencyn/a4.38 GHz
General
Cores count1615
Threads count3215
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier30x46x
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/coren/a
L3 Cache64 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 28 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 45-55 W n/a
Max TDP (Boost) 120 W n/a
Socket FP11 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8000 LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 307 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 n/a
Max PCIe Lanes 16 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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