AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Apple M4 Max 16 Core
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 260 with 8 cores 3.8GHz and Apple M4 Max 16 Core with 16 cores 4.52GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 7 260 's Advantages
Lower TDP (54W vs 70W)
Apple M4 Max 16 Core 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 7500)
Larger memory bandwidth (546GB/s vs 120GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 3.8GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2344
Apple M4 Max 16 Core
+69%
3984
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 7 260
9976
Apple M4 Max 16 Core
+162%
26185
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Oct 2024
Amd
Manufacturer
Apple
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
ARMv9
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Core Architecture
Apple M4
FP8
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Radeon 780M
Integrated Graphics
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
-
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
35-54 W
Power Consumption
70 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
178 mm²
Die Size
-
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
12
16
Performance Core Threads
12
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.52 GHz
5.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
-
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.59 GHz
8
Total Core Count
16
16
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
38
Multiplier
45
80 K per core
L1 Cache
-
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
-
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-7500,DDR5-5600
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533
256 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
-
120 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
546 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
800 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
2700 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
768
Shader Units
5120
48
Texture Units
320
32
Raster Operation Units
160
12
Execution Units
640
15
Power Consumption
62
4.15 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
18.4 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
AMD Radeon™ 780M
NPU
-
16 TOPS
Theoretical performance
-
