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Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
VS
40 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Apple M1 Max
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max (laptop) with 10-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (desktop) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

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Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3600 and Max
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Around 361.92 GB/s (759%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
  • 46% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2431 vs 1662 points
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Includes an integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Max
vs
Ryzen 5 3600

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Max +52%
111
Ryzen 5 3600
73
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Max +53%
789
Ryzen 5 3600
516
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 388
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2039
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M1 Max +46%
2431
Ryzen 5 3600
1662
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Max +75%
12673
Ryzen 5 3600
7249
File compression 1450 MB/sec 660.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 59 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 146 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 207.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 143.3 pages/sec
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 37 images/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 447 & 1134 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Max +50%
3831
Ryzen 5 3600
2559
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Max +25%
22162
Ryzen 5 3600
17667
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 48.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 28.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 109M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 13.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 219.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 1146 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 14.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 2398 & 37442 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Max +47%
199.2
Ryzen 5 3600
135.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.8 PPW 7.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 253.5 PPW 111.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 271.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW 2.09 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M1 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-04 (Daniel)Geekbench 6 CPU2459 / 13052
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-16 (abdou)Cinebench 2026388 / 2039
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-31 (Ike)Cinebench 202470 / 517
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-16 -> JeromeneilCinebench 202471 / 511
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-02 (BeastAsLow)Cinebench 202464 / 479
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-17 (RandomStorm)Cinebench 202472 / 419
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 5 3600

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 July 7, 2019
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 2 (Matisse)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) No
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU) - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#163rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 -
E-Threads 2 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 10 12
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 36x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 57 billions 3.8 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 50 W 65 W
Socket Apple M-Socket AM4
Peak Temperature - 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#152nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) -
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz -
Shading Units 4096 -
TMUs 256 -
ROPs 128 -
Execution Units 512 -
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Max
10.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 3600
n/a
See: Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Comments

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