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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX vs Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
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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
24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz
18C / 18T · 0.91 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU) |
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| Family | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO (20) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 (5) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Chagall (Zen 3) | M5 |
| Technology | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | WRX8 (sWRX8) | |
| Predecessor | Apple M4 Max (14-CPU 32-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU) |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 24 / 48 | 18 / 18 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 24x 3.80 - 4.50 GHz |
6x Super-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 12x Performance-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 12.00 MB | 22.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 128.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU) |
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| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple M5 Max (32 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 512 / 4096 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 4 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 36 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2026 |
NPU AI performance
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU) |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU) |
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| Memory | DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (614.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 2048 GB | 36 GB |
| Memory channels | 8 | 8 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 128 | 5.0 x 8 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 252.0 GB/s | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU) |
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| TDP | 280 W | 60 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU) |
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| Chip design | Chiplet | 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, AVX2, FMA3 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q1/2022 | Q1/2026 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX
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