Compare Apple M1 Max Vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Should you use Apple M1 Max or AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX? Well, your search ends here. Find out which Laptop chipset would work best for you. Compare the two models on the basis of their Performance, memory, IGPU and benchmark scores. Apple M1 Max is manufactured by Apple in Bangladesh whereas AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX is manufactured by AMD in Bangladesh. Base frequency and memory size are the primary matrices to judge the overall speed and performance of the chipset. Apple M1 Max has a Base frequency of 2.0 GHz and 64 GB memory size whereas AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has a base frequency of 3.3 GHz and 64 GB memory.

Check detailed comparison below to compare specification for both models. Don't forget to check out expert opinion as well.

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Laptops Chipsets

Power
Transistors 57 billions10.7 billions
Fabrication process 5 nm7 nm
TDP 30 W35-54 W
General
Vendor AppleAMD
Released October 18, 2021January 12, 2021
Type LaptopLaptop
instruction set ARMv8x86-64
Socket Apple M-SocketFP6
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)Radeon RX Vega 8
Performance
Cores 108
Threads 1016
Base Frequency 2.0 GHz3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 3.2 GHz4.8 GHz
L1 Cache 192K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared)512K (per core)
Unlocked Multiplier NoNo
IGPU
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz2100 MHz
Shading Units 4096512
TMUs 25632
ROPs 1288
TGP 60 W15 W
Max. Resolution 6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Memory
Memory types LPDDR5-6400DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Memory Size 64 GB64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 82
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support NoNo
Misc
Official page /enhttps://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-9-5980hx
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) 15331633
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) 1240511898
Passmark CPU (Single-Core) 38073305
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) 2335623800
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) 17681476
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) 125998044
iGPU FLOPS 10.4 TFLOPS

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Detailed Comparison of Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Apple M1 Max has been announced on October 2021 whereas AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has been announced on January 2021. Check out detailed comparison with key specs below:

Passmark Score: Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Passmark Score consists of 4 parameters: CPU, GPU, MEM, and UX. The Passmark score measures the performance of the CPU. Passmark score is that measures a processor's single core performance and evaluates multi core performance. The Passmark score value of Apple M1 Max is 23356 whereas Passmark score value of AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX is 23800.

Memory Comparison: Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Coming to the Memory, Apple M1 Max has a memory size of 64 GB while AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX comes up with 64 GB. Max. Memory Channels used in the first compared laptop chipset is 8 and Max. Memory Channels used in the other laptop chipset 2.

Performance Comparison: Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Apple M1 Max has 10 cores with 10 threads whereas AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores with 10 threads. Apple M1 Max has base frequency of 2.0 GHz whereas AMD Ryzen 9 5980HXhas base frequency of 3.3 GHz.

FAQs

Q. Which model has higher Geekbench 5 (multi-core) score - Apple M1 Max or AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX?

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has higher Geekbench 5 score with total score of 8044 compare to Apple M1 Max with a score of 12599.

Q. Which model has higher Passmark CPU (multi-core) score - Apple M1 Max or AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX?

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has higher Passmark CPU score with total score of 23800 compare to Apple M1 Max with a score of 23356.

Q. Which model has higher base frequency among Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX?

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has a higher base frequency of 3.3 GHz compared to Apple M1 Max with 2.0 GHz base frequency.

Q. Which model has higher number of cores - Apple M1 Max or AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX?

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores which is higher than Apple M1 Max that has 10 cores.

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