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AMD EPYC 7742 vs Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

	CPU AMD EPYC 7742	CPU Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
General Parameters
Release Date	Aug 2019	Mar 2026
Manufacturer	AMD	Apple
Type	Server	Laptop
Core Architecture	Rome	Apple M5
Integrated Graphics	N/A	Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Generation	EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))
Instruction Set		ARMv9
Package
Transistor Count	3.8 billions	28 billions
Manufacturing Process	7 nm	3 nm
Socket	AMD Socket SP3	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	225 W	64 W
Foundry	TSMC
Die Size	74 mm²
Package	FCLGA-4094
Peak Operating Temperature		100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.25 GHz	4.61 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.4 GHz
Total Core Count	64	18
Total Thread Count	128	18
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	22.5	46
L1 Cache	96 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	512 K per core
L3 Cache	256 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
SMP	2
Performance Cores		6
Performance Core Threads		6
Efficiency Cores		12
Efficiency Core Threads		12
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		4.38 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-3200	LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Channels	8
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Max Memory Size		128 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth		460.8 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	4
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		2005 MHz
Shader Units		4096
Texture Units		256
Raster Operation Units		128
Execution Units		512
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	404	4282
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	170	29052