AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965 vs Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

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CPU AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965 AMD · 2026-06

CPU Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Apple · 2026-03

General Parameters

Release Date

Jun 2026

Mar 2026

Manufacturer

AMD

Apple

Type

Server

Laptop

Core Architecture

Granite Ridge

Apple M5

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

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Instruction Set

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ARMv9

Package

Transistor Count

16.63 billions

28 billions

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

3 nm

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Apple M-Socket

Power Consumption

170 W

72 W

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

100 °C

Foundry

TSMC

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Die Size

2x70.6 mm²

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I/O Process Size

6 nm

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I/O Die Size

122 mm²

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Package

FC-LGA1718

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CPU Performance

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.3 GHz

4.61 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.5 GHz

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Total Core Count

16

18

Total Thread Count

32

18

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

43.0

46

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

192 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

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L3 Cache

64 MB

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Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

SMP

1

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Performance Cores

—

6

Performance Core Threads

—

6

Efficiency Cores

—

12

Efficiency Core Threads

—

12

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

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4.38 GHz

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

LPDDR5X-9600

Max Memory Channels

2

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Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

614 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

Yes

No

Max Memory Size

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128 GB

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

5

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PCIe Lanes

24

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

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true

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

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2005 MHz

Shader Units

—

5120

Texture Units

—

320

Raster Operation Units

—

160

Execution Units

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640

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

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58,548

▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.