Apple M4 Max 16 Core vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 Max 16 Core with 16 cores 4.52GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 8940H with 8 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M4 Max 16 Core 's Advantages
Released 9 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 7500)
Larger memory bandwidth (546GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 4.0GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940H 's Advantages
Lower TDP (54W vs 70W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 Max 16 Core
+58%
3984
AMD Ryzen 9 8940H
2512
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 Max 16 Core
+99%
26185
AMD Ryzen 9 8940H
13104
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
Jan 2024
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Apple M-Socket
Socket
FP8
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 780M
Package
-
Transistor Count
25 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
70 W
Power Consumption
35-54 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
8
12
Performance Core Threads
16
4.52 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.0 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.59 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
16
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
45
Multiplier
40x
-
L1 Cache
64 K per core
-
L2 Cache
8 MB
-
L3 Cache
16 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-8533
Memory Types
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
-
Max Memory Size
256 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
546 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
-
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
1500 MHz
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
5120
Shader Units
768
320
Texture Units
48
160
Raster Operation Units
32
640
Execution Units
12
62
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
18.4 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
8.12 TFLOPS
