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
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 98.8 GOps/s | 65.5 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 101.4 GOps/s | 37.4 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 622 M primes/s | 181 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 64.9 M strings/s | 24.4 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 26.9 GB/s | 15.1 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 572.4 MB/s | 246.7 MB/s |
| Physics | 6478 frames/s | 2445 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 297 M matrices/s | 171 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 2680 MB/s | 984.7 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 219.7 KLines/s | 60.8 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 699.3 pages/s | 174.5 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 771.1 MP/sec | 223.4 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 381.1 pages/s | 194.1 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 92.2 frames/s | 45.5 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 236.2 frames/s | 60.9 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 36.1 MP/sec | 14.9 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| 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
| Cores | 12 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Frequency | 4.52 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | n/a | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | n/a |
| Threads | 4 | n/a |
| Frequency | 2.59 GHz | n/a |
| Cores count | 16 | 6 |
| Threads count | 16 | 12 |
| Bus frequency | n/a | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 45x | 33x |
| L1 cache | n/a | 64 KB/core |
| L2 cache | n/a | 512 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 96 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
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.
Survey
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