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AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 385 vs Apple M5
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
8C / 16T · 3.60 GHz
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 385
100 %
AMD Radeon 8050S Graphics
Apple M5
22 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 385 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO (4) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen AI MAX 300 (7) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Strix Halo (Zen 5) | M5 |
| Technology | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | FP11 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M4 | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 385 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 | 9 / 9 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 8x Zen 5 3.60 - 5.00 GHz |
3x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 28.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 385 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon 8050S Graphics | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.60 - 2.80 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 2048 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 4 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 96 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2025 | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 385 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | AMD Ryzen™ AI | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA 2) @ 50 TOPS | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 106 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 385 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-8000 (256.0 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 16 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 385 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 55 W | 17 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 120 W | |
| TDP down | 45 W | 15 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 385 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q2/2025 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
3
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
4
Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU)
15C / 15T · 4.61 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
7
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
8
Apple M5
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
9
AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 385
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
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