Apple M4 Max vs Ryzen 7 5800X — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Apple M4 Max vs Ryzen 7 5800X. Release years: 2020, 2024. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

Apple · M4

Apple M4 Max

2024

Full Apple M4 Max benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 7 5800X

8 cores105W TDP$449 MSRP2020

Full Ryzen 7 5800X benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

Current in-stock pricing for each part on Amazon.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8GHz 32MB L3 Processor

Amazon$405

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Apple M4 Max	Ryzen 7 5800X
cores	—	8
threads	—	16
boost clock ghz	—	4.7
tdp w	—	105
l3 cache mb	—	32
socket	—	AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Apple M4 Max	Ryzen 7 5800X
Blender CPU	475 points	—
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core	2,044 points	—
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core	187 points	—
Cinebench R23 multi	27,595 points	15,228 points
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core	27,595 points	—
Cinebench R23 single	2,209 points	1,596 points
Cinebench R23 Single-Core	2,209 points	—
Geekbench 6 multi	25,760 points	10,282 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core	26,675 points	—
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core (avg)	25,724 points	—
Geekbench 6 single	3,880 points	2,174 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core	4,060 points	—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.