Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS with 8 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M3 Max 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 4266)
Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 68.27GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.0GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 's Advantages
Lower TDP (35W vs 56W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M3 Max
+53%
1950
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
1271
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M3 Max
+147%
24002
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
9693
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M3 Max
+129%
3227
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
1407
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M3 Max
+326%
21164
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
4967
Blender
Apple M3 Max
+167%
415
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
155
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M3 Max
+83%
4790
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
2614
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M3 Max
+115%
41188
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
19134
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Mar 2020
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M3
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Apple M-Socket
Socket
FP6
Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Vega 8
Package
92 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
56 W
Power Consumption
35 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
8
12
Performance Core Threads
16
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.57 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
16
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
40
Multiplier
30x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
-
32 MB shared
L2 Cache
512 K per core
-
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4X-4266
128 GB
Max Memory Size
32 GB
8
Max Memory Channels
2
409.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
68.27 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1600 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1750 MHz
5120
Shader Units
512
320
Texture Units
32
160
Raster Operation Units
8
640
Execution Units
-
60
Power Consumption
15 W
16.4 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
