AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen AI 9 465, vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 and Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
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 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
115
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
169
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
1028
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
702
GeekBench v6
File Compression1260 MB/s1050 MB/s
Clang Compilation104.8 KLines/s58.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser307.9 pages/s201.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering431.6 MP/sec214.8 MP/sec
Text Processing310 pages/s318.8 pages/s
Background Blur59.4 frames/s41 frames/s
Photo Processing124 frames/s91.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing22.8 MP/sec9.18 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 263.5 PPW 922.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 19 PPW 70.2 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 5, 2026 September, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 5 (Gorgon Point) Apple M4
Model number 465 APL1V07
Integrated GPU Radeon 880M Apple A18 Pro GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Frequency 2.0 GHz 2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5 GHz 4.05 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores64
Threads124
Frequency2.0 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.3 GHz2.42 GHz
General
Cores count106
Threads count206
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier20x40x
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache24 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 15-54 W 10 W
Socket FP8 Custom
Critical temp. 100 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 256 GB 8 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 60 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 n/a
Max PCIe Lanes 16 n/a

Results

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