AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS vs Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

CPU Specs Compare

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 (32-core)

Package

Manufacturing Process
6 nm
3 nm
Socket
FP7
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
35 W
64 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
5 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
460.8 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
4096
Texture Units
48
256
Raster Operation Units
32
128
Execution Units
12
512
Power Consumption
15 W
-

Miscellaneous

Official Website
-
PCIe Version
4.0
-
PCIe Lanes
20
-

📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6
-
4,282
Geekbench 6
-
29,052
Cinebench 2024
-
200
Cinebench 2024
-
2,065