M5 beats 5090 laptops

PugetBench’s published table shows the 16‑inch M5 Max MacBook Pro scored 15,875 in Photoshop and 157,049 in Premiere Pro (Standard), while the Asus ProArt P16 (Ryzen 9 HX370 + mobile RTX 5090) scored 10,096 and 107,130 in the same tests — about a 57% lead in Photoshop and a 46.6% lead in Premiere Pro (PugetBench table). (notebookcheck.net)) The same PugetBench run lists the M5 Max at 127,090 for DaVinci Resolve (Standard) versus the ProArt P16’s 85,114, a gap of roughly 49.3% on Resolve exports in that specific benchmark build. (notebookcheck.net)) Notebookcheck said all devices used identical versions of Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom Classic and Resolve during testing, making the PugetBench scores directly comparable across the MacBook Pro and Windows rivals. (notebookcheck.net)) Notebookcheck’s GPU analysis recorded peak GPU package draws of up to 38 W for the 20‑core M5 Pro and up to 72 W for the 40‑core M5 Max, and noted the 14‑inch M5 Max configuration could not sustain the 72 W peak, dropping to about 44 W in longer runs. (notebookcheck.net)) Geeky Gadgets reported a battery‑stress comparison in which an M5 Max MacBook Pro finished a heavy content‑creation test with 41% battery remaining while the compared MSI laptop with an RTX 5090 reached 0% and shut down, a result also demonstrated in recent independent “battery death test” videos. (geeky-gadgets.com)) Notebookcheck’s table also records hardware variants used in the comparison — Apple’s M5 Pro (20‑core GPU) and M5 Max (32/40‑core GPU) configurations against the Asus ProArt P16 configured with an RTX 5090 — and the site highlighted that the larger 16‑inch MacBook Pro better exploits the M5 Max’s peak GPU headroom compared with the 14‑inch model. (notebookcheck.net))