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AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	CPU Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Mar 2026
Manufacturer	AMD	Apple
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv9
Core Architecture	Rembrandt	Apple M5
Integrated Graphics	Radeon 680M	Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Package
Manufacturing Process	6 nm	3 nm
Socket	FP7	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	35 W	72 W
Peak Operating Temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Transistor Count		28 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	6
Performance Core Threads	16	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.3 GHz	4.61 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.9 GHz
Total Core Count	8	18
Total Thread Count	16	18
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	33x	46
L1 Cache	64 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	512 K per core
L3 Cache	16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Efficiency Cores		12
Efficiency Core Threads		12
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		4.38 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400	LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Channels	4
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	614 GB/s
Max Memory Size		128 GB
ECC Memory Support		No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	2000 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2400 MHz	2005 MHz
Shader Units	768	5120
Texture Units	48	320
Raster Operation Units	32	160
Execution Units	12	640
Power Consumption	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0
PCIe Lanes	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1557	2584
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	12922	31566
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1985	4355
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	9206	30196
Passmark CPU Single Core	3323	6027
Passmark CPU Multi Core	23895	58548