Apple M4 Max (16-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Max (16-Core), vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Max (16-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
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 AI 9 HX 375
1988
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
27399
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
21712
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
187
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
121
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
2044
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
1009
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
4535
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
3913
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
43718
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
32252
Integer Math98.8 GOps/s120.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math101.4 GOps/s74 GOps/s
Prime Number Search622 M primes/s119 M primes/s
Random String Sort64.9 M strings/s44 M strings/s
Data Encryption26.9 GB/s20.5 GB/s
Data Compression572.4 MB/s396.2 MB/s
Physics6478 frames/s1791 frames/s
Extended Instructions297 M matrices/s285 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
3986
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
2877
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
26190
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
15131
File Compression2680 MB/s1230 MB/s
Clang Compilation219.7 KLines/s124.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser699.3 pages/s320.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering771.1 MP/sec473.1 MP/sec
Text Processing381.1 pages/s301.8 pages/s
Background Blur92.2 frames/s62.5 frames/s
Photo Processing236.2 frames/s133.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing36.1 MP/sec29.2 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 374.1 PPW 280.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 624.5 PPW 597.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.2 PPW 18.7 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced October, 30, 2024 July, 24, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number n/a 375
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) Radeon 890M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 4
Threads 12 8
Frequency 4.52 GHz 2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores48
Threads416
Frequency2.59 GHz2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.3 GHz
General
Cores count1612
Threads count1624
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier45x20x
L1 cachen/a80 KB/core
L2 cachen/a1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a24 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 70 W 15-54 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max Size 128 GB 256 GB
Channels 8 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 546 GB n/a

Other

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

Results

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

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