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Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Rank 2 - 88 %

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 76 %

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

121 pts

16C / 32T · 4.80 GHz

98 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,025 pts

16C / 32T · 4.80 GHz

1,483 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,695 pts

16C / 32T · 4.80 GHz

1,639 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,855 pts

16C / 32T · 4.40 GHz

27,966 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

16C / 32T · 4.80 GHz

2,199

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,207

16C / 32T · 4.40 GHz

13,100

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

16C / 32T · 4.80 GHz

1,727

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

15,506

16C / 32T · 4.40 GHz

16,500

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT
Family	Apple M series (38)	AMD Ryzen 9 (43)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	AMD Ryzen 5000 (17)
Architecture	M2	Vermeer (Zen 3)
Technology	5 nm	7 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket		AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
Successor	Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 12	16 / 32
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	16x 3.30 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache	36.00 MB	8.00 MB
L3-Cache		64.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT
GPU name	Apple M2 Max (30 Core)	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	480 / 3840	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	5
Max. GPU Memory	96 GB
Technology	5 nm
Release date	Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	96 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	4.0 x 32	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT
TDP	45 W	105 W
TDP (PL2)		142 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	90 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q1/2023	Q3/2024
Release price		349 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) is 4.6 stars (56 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT has received 4.6 stars (109 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT
16C / 32T · 3.30 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★