Apple M3 vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Jan 2025
Manufacturer
Apple
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M3
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 GPU
Radeon 8050S
Generation
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Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Package
Transistor Count
25 billions
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Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP11
Power Consumption
20 W
55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
120 W
Foundry
—
TSMC
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
Package
—
FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
4
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
0
Efficiency Core Threads
4
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
—
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
—
Total Core Count
8
12
Total Thread Count
8
24
Multiplier
40x
32
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
24 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
256 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
2800 MHz
Shader Units
1280
2048
Texture Units
80
128
Raster Operation Units
40
64
Execution Units
160
32
Power Consumption
—
45-120
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
—
16
AI Accelerator
NPU
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AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
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50 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,920
2,172
Cinebench R23
10,448
30,768
Geekbench 6
3,009
2,909
Geekbench 6
11,805
18,560
Cinebench 2024
140
134
Cinebench 2024
707
1,731
Blender
168
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Passmark CPU
4,850
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Passmark CPU
19,597
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.