Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 with 12 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M1 's Advantages
Lower TDP (14W vs 55W)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 2 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 4266)
Larger memory bandwidth (256GB/s vs 68.25GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M1
1513
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+43%
2172
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M1
7782
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+295%
30768
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M1
2231
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+30%
2909
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M1
8035
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+130%
18560
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M1
113
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+18%
134
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M1
509
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+240%
1731
General Parameters
Nov 2020
Release Date
Jan 2025
Apple
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Icestorm and Firestorm
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Apple M-Socket
Socket
FP11
Apple M1 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 8050S
-
Generation
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Package
16 billions
Transistor Count
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 W
Power Consumption
55 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
120 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
12
8
Performance Core Threads
24
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
0
-
Efficiency Core Threads
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
8
Total Core Count
12
8
Total Thread Count
24
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
32
192 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
12 MB shared
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
-
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR4X-4266
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8000
16 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
68.25 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
450 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
1278 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
1024
Shader Units
2048
64
Texture Units
128
32
Raster Operation Units
64
128
Execution Units
32
15 W
Power Consumption
45-120
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
2.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
11.47 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
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