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Apple A18 vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A18
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
16C / 32T · 5.10 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A18
38 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
100 %
16C / 32T · 3.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A18
7 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
100 %
AMD Radeon 8060S Graphics
AI performance (NPU)
Apple A18
76 %
6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
100 %
16C / 32T · 3.00 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
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
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | AMD Ryzen AI Max (3) |
| CPU group | Apple A18 (2) | AMD Ryzen AI MAX 300 (7) |
| Architecture | Donan | Strix Halo (Zen 5) |
| Technology | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | FP11 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A16 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A19 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 16 / 32 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
16x Zen 5 3.00 - 5.10 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 64.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores) | AMD Radeon 8060S Graphics |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz | 0.60 - 2.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | 40 / 2560 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 96 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q2/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | AMD Ryzen™ AI |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA 2) @ 50 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 126 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-8000 (256.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 12 W | 55 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 120 W | |
| TDP down | 45 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv9-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q2/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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