AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 vs Apple M3 Max
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 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 Pro 390 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 6400)
Lower TDP (55W vs 56W)
Apple M3 Max 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 256GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 4)
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
2831
Apple M3 Max
+13%
3227
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
15953
Apple M3 Max
+32%
21164
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Oct 2023
AMD
Manufacturer
Apple
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Strix Halo
Core Architecture
Apple M3
AMD Socket 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
-
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
-
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
-
32.0
Multiplier
40
80 KB 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
4
Max Memory Channels
8
256 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
-
Shader Units
5120
-
Texture Units
320
-
Raster Operation Units
160
32
Execution Units
640
-
Power Consumption
60
-
Graphics Performance
16.4 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
AMD Ryzen™ AI
NPU
-
50 TOPS
Theoretical performance
-
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
4.0
16
PCIe Lanes
-
