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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) vs AMD FX-8120
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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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
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | AMD FX-8120 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | AMD FX (30) |
| CPU group | Apple M4 (7) | AMD FX-8000 (11) |
| Architecture | M4 | Vishera (Bulldozer) |
| Technology | 3 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | AM3+ | |
| Predecessor | Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | AMD FX-8120 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 16 / 16 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 12x Donan P-Core 1.26 - 4.51 GHz |
8x 3.10 - 4.00 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 1.02 - 2.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 52.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | AMD FX-8120 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M4 Max (40 Core) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.58 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 640 / 5120 | / |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 96 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q4/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | AMD FX-8120 |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | AMD FX-8120 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-8533 (546.0 GB/s) | DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | |
| Memory channels | 8 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | AMD FX-8120 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 90 W | 95 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | AMD FX-8120 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Unknown |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 |
| Release date | Q4/2024 | Q2/2012 |
| Release price | 115 $ | |
| Documents |
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