Apple M4 Max (14-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Max (14-Core), vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 84.7 GOps/s | 103.8 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 86.3 GOps/s | 61.5 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 542 M primes/s | 325 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 55.7 M strings/s | 44.8 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 23.2 GB/s | 22.4 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 494.3 MB/s | 384.6 MB/s |
| Physics | 5623 frames/s | 3527 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 267 M matrices/s | 291 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 2360 MB/s | 1710 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 191.8 KLines/s | 111.9 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 604.5 pages/s | 331.1 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 588.1 MP/sec | 399 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 375.9 pages/s | 266.2 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 86.9 frames/s | 65.8 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 216.8 frames/s | 117 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 30.7 MP/sec | 22.9 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 375.4 PPW | 127.7 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 622.3 PPW | 285.6 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 28.1 PPW | 8.7 PPW |
| Blender / W | n/a | 2.22 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | Apple | AMD |
| Announced | October, 30, 2024 | January, 4, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop use | PC use |
| Architecture | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core) | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
Processor
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Threads | 10 | 16 |
| Frequency | 4.52 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | n/a | 5 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | n/a |
| Threads | 4 | n/a |
| Frequency | 2.59 GHz | n/a |
| Cores count | 14 | 8 |
| Threads count | 14 | 16 |
| Bus frequency | n/a | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 45x | 42x |
| L1 cache | n/a | 64 KB/core |
| L2 cache | n/a | 1000 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 96 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistor count | n/a | 11.2 billion |
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 62 W | 120 W |
| Max TDP (Boost) | n/a | 162 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Critical temp. | 100 °C | 89 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X-8533 | DDR5-5200 |
| Max Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Channels | 8 | 2 |
| ECC support | No | Yes |
| Max memory bandwidth | 410 GB | n/a |
Other
| PCIe Version | n/a | 5.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | n/a | 28 |
Note
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
ECC requires mobo support.
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 Max (14-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 2