Apple M4 Max (16-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Max (16-Core), vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Max (16-Core) and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
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)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
2281
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
1793
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
27399
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
17088
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
187
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
101
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
2044
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
944
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
4535
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
3772
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
43718
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
28807
Integer Math98.8 GOps/s99.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math101.4 GOps/s60.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search622 M primes/s89 M primes/s
Random String Sort64.9 M strings/s40.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption26.9 GB/s20.8 GB/s
Data Compression572.4 MB/s348.1 MB/s
Physics6478 frames/s1385 frames/s
Extended Instructions297 M matrices/s259 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
3986
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
2577
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
26190
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
12085
File Compression2680 MB/s1120 MB/s
Clang Compilation219.7 KLines/s102.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser699.3 pages/s217.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering771.1 MP/sec350 MP/sec
Text Processing381.1 pages/s251.8 pages/s
Background Blur92.2 frames/s59.4 frames/s
Photo Processing236.2 frames/s87.6 frames/s
Ray Tracing36.1 MP/sec22.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
218.59

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 374.1 PPW 223.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 624.5 PPW 533.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.2 PPW 17.5 PPW
Blender / W n/a 4.05 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced October, 30, 2024 January, 4, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 8
Threads 12 16
Frequency 4.52 GHz 3.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.59 GHzn/a
General
Cores count168
Threads count1616
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier45x38x
L1 cachen/a64 KB/core
L2 cachen/a1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 70 W 35-54 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 128 GB 256 GB
Channels 8 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 546 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version n/a 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 20

Note

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS:

DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x. ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 Max (16-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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