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Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
VS
44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
Apple M1 Max
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max with 10-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7530U 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

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7530U and Max
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 1.8 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2431 vs 1934 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Max
vs
Ryzen 5 7530U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Max +34%
111
Ryzen 5 7530U
83
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Max +73%
789
Ryzen 5 7530U
455
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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 +26%
2431
Ryzen 5 7530U
1934
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Max +85%
12673
Ryzen 5 7530U
6856
File compression 1450 MB/sec 595.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 55.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 106.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 190.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 208.1 pages/sec
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 14.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 447 & 1157 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Max +29%
3831
Ryzen 5 7530U
2979
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Max +48%
22162
Ryzen 5 7530U
14949
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 55.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 30.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 18.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 11.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 179.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 647 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 11.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 2398 & 2030 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Max +85%
199.2
Ryzen 5 7530U
107.58

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.8 PPW 30.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 253.5 PPW 457.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 996.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW 7.17 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 7530U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon RX Vega 7
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#141st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.5 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 - 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 57 billions 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 50 W 15 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP6
Peak Temperature - 95ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 4096 448
TMUs 256 28
ROPs 128 8
Execution Units 512 7
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Max +489%
10.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7530U
1.8 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 5 7530U official page
PCI Express Version - 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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Comments

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