M1 Max beat 5950X in overall single-threaded SPEC2017 when it came out. It won big in some MT workloads too.
Punching within its own weight class, laptop chips rather than expecting it to outright beat desktop chips... it beat the 5980HS and 11980HK in every single test.
It just didn't sink into the public consciousness too well at that point because everyone assumed it must have been some erroneous test/outlier.
5980HS is a laptop chip, it is more fair to compare it to M1 and maybe M1 pro.
While M1 Max can be used in laptops, the benchmarks I've seen have been for the mini/imac where it doesn't have power and thermal limitations of a laptop.
Besides, the cheapest M1 Max laptop is $1000 more expensive than the most expensive 5980HS laptop :(
Punching within its own weight class, laptop chips rather than expecting it to outright beat desktop chips... it beat the 5980HS and 11980HK in every single test.
It just didn't sink into the public consciousness too well at that point because everyone assumed it must have been some erroneous test/outlier.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/17024/apple-m1-max-performanc...
https://www.anandtech.com/show/17024/apple-m1-max-performanc...