AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 vs Apple M2
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 with 12 cores 3.2GHz and Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 7 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 6400)
Larger memory bandwidth (256GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)
Apple M2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Lower TDP (15W vs 55W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+27%
2172
Apple M2
1701
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+260%
30768
Apple M2
8538
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+7%
2909
Apple M2
2694
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+83%
18560
Apple M2
10130
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+11%
134
Apple M2
120
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+211%
1731
Apple M2
555
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Jun 2022
Amd
Manufacturer
Apple
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Core Architecture
Apple M2
FP11
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Radeon 8050S
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 GPU
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Generation
-
Package
Transistor Count
20 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
55 W
Power Consumption
15 W
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
TSMC
Foundry
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
4
24
Performance Core Threads
4
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
0
Efficiency Cores
4
Efficiency Core Threads
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
12
Total Core Count
8
24
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
32
Multiplier
-
80 K per core
L1 Cache
192 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-8000
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
128 GB
Max Memory Size
24 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
256 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1398 MHz
2048
Shader Units
1024
128
Texture Units
64
64
Raster Operation Units
32
32
Execution Units
128
45-120
Power Consumption
15 W
Max Resolution
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
11.47 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
2.86 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
AMD Ryzen™ AI
NPU
-
50 TOPS
Theoretical performance
-
