Geekbench score for a 5900x (12 core) against the M1 Max (10 core) score already linked: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/10517471?baseline=1049676

Geekbench score for a 5900x (12 core) against the M1 Max (10 core) score already linked: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/10517471?baseline=10496766 https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/10517471?baseli... They look to be on par to me. Things will be less murky if and when Apple finally scale this thing up to 100+ watt desktop class machines (Mac Pro) and AMD move to the next gen / latest TSMC process. In my view Intel and AMD have more incentive to regain the performance crown than Apple do at maintaining it. At some point Apple will go back to focusing on others areas in their marketing.