Apple M4 Max 16 Core vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D

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CPU Apple M4 Max 16 Core Apple · 2024-10

CPU AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D AMD · 2026-06

General Parameters

Release Date

Oct 2024

Jun 2026

Manufacturer

Apple

AMD

Type

Laptop

Server

Instruction Set

ARMv9

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Core Architecture

Apple M4

Granite Ridge

Integrated Graphics

Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)

Radeon Graphics

Generation

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Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Package

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

4 nm

Socket

Apple M-Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Power Consumption

70 W

170 W

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

95°C

Transistor Count

—

16.63 billions

Foundry

—

TSMC

Die Size

—

2x70.6 mm²

I/O Process Size

—

6 nm

I/O Die Size

—

122 mm²

Package

—

FC-LGA1718

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

12

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Performance Core Threads

12

—

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.52 GHz

4.3 GHz

Efficiency Cores

4

—

Efficiency Core Threads

4

—

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.59 GHz

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Total Core Count

16

16

Total Thread Count

16

32

Multiplier

45

43.0

Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

—

5.5 GHz

Bus Frequency

—

100 MHz

L1 Cache

—

80 KB per core

L2 Cache

—

1 MB per core

L3 Cache

—

128 MB

SMP

—

1

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-8533

DDR5-5600

Max Memory Bandwidth

546 GB/s

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

No

Yes

Max Memory Channels

—

2

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

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GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

—

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1800 MHz

—

Shader Units

5120

—

Texture Units

320

—

Raster Operation Units

160

—

Execution Units

640

—

Power Consumption

62

—

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

—

5

PCIe Lanes

—

24

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

2,281

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Cinebench R23

27,392

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Geekbench 6

3,984

—

Geekbench 6

26,185

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Cinebench 2024

187

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Cinebench 2024

2,045

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Passmark CPU

4,534

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Passmark CPU

43,708

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▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.