AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 vs Apple M3 Max
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 with 12 cores 3.2GHz and Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz . 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 1 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 6400)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)
Lower TDP (55W vs 56W)
Apple M3 Max 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance
Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 256GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+11%
2172
Apple M3 Max
1950
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+28%
30768
Apple M3 Max
24002
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
2909
Apple M3 Max
+10%
3227
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
18560
Apple M3 Max
+14%
21164
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
134
Apple M3 Max
+5%
142
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+2%
1731
Apple M3 Max
1683
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Oct 2023
Amd
Manufacturer
Apple
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Core Architecture
Apple M3
FP11
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Radeon 8050S
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Generation
-
Package
Transistor Count
92 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
55 W
Power Consumption
56 W
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
12
24
Performance Core Threads
12
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
0
Efficiency Cores
4
Efficiency Core Threads
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
12
Total Core Count
16
24
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
32
Multiplier
40
80 K per core
L1 Cache
192 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
32 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
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
8
256 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 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
1600 MHz
2048
Shader Units
5120
128
Texture Units
320
64
Raster Operation Units
160
32
Execution Units
640
45-120
Power Consumption
60
Max Resolution
-
11.47 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
16.4 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
AMD Ryzen™ AI
NPU
-
50 TOPS
Theoretical performance
-
