Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs AMD EPYC Embedded 2655
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Dec 2025
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
ARMv9
-
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Grado
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Radeon Graphics
Generation
-
EPYC (Zen 5 (Grado))
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
16.63 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AMD Socket FL1
Power Consumption
72 W
55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105°C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
I/O Die Size
-
122 mm²
Package
-
FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
-
Performance Core Threads
6
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
2.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
-
Efficiency Core Threads
12
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
4.38 GHz
-
Total Core Count
18
12
Total Thread Count
18
24
Multiplier
46
27.0
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 KB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.5 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L2 Cache
-
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
-
64 MB shared
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
614 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2005 MHz
-
Shader Units
5120
-
Texture Units
320
-
Raster Operation Units
160
-
Execution Units
640
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
5
PCIe Lanes
-
28
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,584
-
Cinebench R23
31,566
-
Geekbench 6
4,355
-
Geekbench 6
30,196
-
Cinebench 2024
200
-
Cinebench 2024
2,071
-
Passmark CPU
6,027
-
Passmark CPU
58,548
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