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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 vs Apple M4 (8-CPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
62 %
12C / 24T · 5.00 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
100 %
12C / 24T · 5.00 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
55 %
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
93 %
12C / 24T · 5.00 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
100 %
12C / 24T · 3.20 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
40 %
8C / 8T · 0.91 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
77 %
12C / 24T · 5.00 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
100 %
AMD Radeon 8050S Graphics
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
15 %
Apple M4 (8 Core)
AI performance (NPU)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
100 %
12C / 24T · 3.20 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
76 %
8C / 8T · 0.91 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen AI Max (3) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen AI MAX 300 (7) | Apple M4 (7) |
| Architecture | Strix Halo (Zen 5) | M4 |
| Technology | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | FP11 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M3 | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 12 / 24 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 12x Zen 5 3.20 - 5.00 GHz |
4x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 12.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 64.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon 8050S Graphics | Apple M4 (8 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.60 - 2.80 GHz | 0.34 - 1.58 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 2048 | 128 / 1024 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 4 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 96 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2025 | Q4/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | AMD Ryzen™ AI | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA 2) @ 50 TOPS | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 110 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-8000 (256.0 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 16 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 55 W | 18 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 120 W | |
| TDP down | 45 W | 5 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | Apple M4 (8-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q2/2025 | Q4/2024 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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