M5 Max (18C32G) vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

M5 Max (18C32G)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X $449
18 Cores
18 Threads
4.61GHz Clock
12 Cores
24 Threads
4.4GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
AM5
iGPU
32-Core M5 Max
13.27 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Radeon 2CU 2200MHz RDNA 2
560 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S 4,340
107%
GB6M 29,235
110%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 2,230
86%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 33,040
77%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Architecture
Apple Silicon 15
Architecture
Zen 5
Family
M Series
Family
Ryzen 9000
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
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M5 Max
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AS15P
M-Core
AS15M
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Codename
Granite Ridge
Eldora
Granite Ridge 2CCD
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/3/2026
Release Date
6/2/2024
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
TSMC (IO Die)
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Node
N3P
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Node
N4X
N6 (IO Die)
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Die Size
Unknown
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Die Size
2x 71 mm²
122 mm² (IO Die)
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Transistor Count
2x 8.3 Billion
3.4 Billion (IO Die)
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Unknown
AM5
18 Cores
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12 M-Cores
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12 Cores
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18 Threads
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12 M-Cores
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24 Threads
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4.61GHz
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4.4GHz
5.6GHz Boost
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M-Core
4.38GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Unlocked
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Integrated Chipset
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Type
PCIe
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Transfer Rate
32GT/s
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Lanes
8
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Bandwidth
32GB/s
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Bi-directional
64GB/s
L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
192KB/Core
6-way set associative
192KB/M-Core
6-way set associative
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L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
128KB/Core
4-way set associative
128KB/M-Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Data
48KB/Core
12-way set associative
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L2
1024KB/Core
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16MB Shared
16-way set associative
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16MB Shared (M-Core)
16-way set associative
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L2
1024KB/Core
16-way set associative
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L3
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64MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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48MB SLC Cache
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Channels
3
Channels
2
Max Memory
96GB
Max Memory
192GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Supported
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
4800MHz
Transfer Rate
9600MT/s
Clock
2800MHz
Transfer Rate
5600MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
153.6GB/s
Bandwidth
460.8GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
44.8GB/s
Bandwidth
89.6GB/s
TDP
140W
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TDP
120W
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Temp
100°C Max
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Temp
95°C Max
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
PCIe 4.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 5.0 x24 Lanes
32-Core M5 Max
4096 Shaders
1620MHz
13.27 TFLOPS FP32
Radeon 2CU 2200MHz RDNA 2
128 Shaders
2200MHz
560 GFLOPS FP32
H17 Hyperion
No NPU
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2448.0MHz
16 Cores
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38 TOPS INT8
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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