Apple M4 Max (16-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Max (16-Core), vs AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Max (16-Core) and AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D
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)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
2281
AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D
1402
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
27399
AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D
10232
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
187
AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D
80
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
2044
AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D
698
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
4535
AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D
3178
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
43718
AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D
21818
Integer Math98.8 GOps/s65.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math101.4 GOps/s37.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search622 M primes/s181 M primes/s
Random String Sort64.9 M strings/s24.4 M strings/s
Data Encryption26.9 GB/s15.1 GB/s
Data Compression572.4 MB/s246.7 MB/s
Physics6478 frames/s2445 frames/s
Extended Instructions297 M matrices/s171 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
3986
AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D
1985
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
26190
AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D
8781
File Compression2680 MB/s984.7 MB/s
Clang Compilation219.7 KLines/s60.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser699.3 pages/s174.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering771.1 MP/sec223.4 MP/sec
Text Processing381.1 pages/s194.1 pages/s
Background Blur92.2 frames/s45.5 frames/s
Photo Processing236.2 frames/s60.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing36.1 MP/sec14.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D
159.65

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 374.1 PPW 83.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 624.5 PPW 207.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.2 PPW 6.6 PPW
Blender / W n/a 1.52 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced October, 30, 2024 January, 8, 2024
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 4.52 GHz 3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 4.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.59 GHzn/a
General
Cores count166
Threads count1612
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier45x33x
L1 cachen/a64 KB/core
L2 cachen/a512 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a96 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 70 W 105 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 142 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM4
Critical temp. 100 °C 90 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 8 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 546 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version n/a 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 Max (16-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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