AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX vs Apple M1 Max

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX, vs Apple M1 Max. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX and Apple M1 Max
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
2155
Apple M1 Max
1542
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
35872
Apple M1 Max
12411
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
129
Apple M1 Max
111
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
2058
Apple M1 Max
789
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
n/a
Apple M1 Max
3836
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
n/a
Apple M1 Max
22139
Integer Mathn/a46.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a64.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a279 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a32.9 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a12.3 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a275.4 MB/s
Physicsn/a2817 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a124 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
3230
Apple M1 Max
2431
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
19563
Apple M1 Max
12673
File Compressionn/a1450 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a105.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a329.2 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a317 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a249.6 pages/s
Background Blurn/a42.2 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a122.8 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a14.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
n/a
Apple M1 Max
199.2

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 260.8 PPW 253.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 442.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 27.4 PPW 15.8 PPW
Blender / W n/a 3.98 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 18, 2021
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Zen 5 (Fire Range) Apple M1
Model number 9955HX n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 8
Threads 32 8
Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a2
Threadsn/a2
Frequencyn/a2.1 GHz
General
Cores count1610
Threads count3210
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier25xn/a
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core24 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 57 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 55-75 W 50 W
Max TDP (Boost) 101 W n/a
Socket FL1 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 100 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 96 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 8
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 409.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 n/a
Max PCIe Lanes 28 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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