Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2023
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
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Core Architecture
Apple M3
Gorgon Point
Integrated Graphics
Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)
Radeon 860M
Generation
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Ryzen AI 400 (Zen 5 / Zen 5c)
Series
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Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series
Package
Transistor Count
92 billions
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Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AMD Socket FP8
Power Consumption
56 W
28 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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195 mm²
Package
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FP8
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
4
Performance Core Threads
12
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.05 GHz
2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.05 GHz
5.1 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
4
Efficiency Core Threads
4
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.75 GHz
2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
2.57 GHz
3.6 GHz
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
16
16
Multiplier
40
20.0
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
32 MB shared
1 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
L3 Cache
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16 MB
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
8
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
128 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1600 MHz
3100 MHz
Shader Units
5120
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Texture Units
320
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Raster Operation Units
160
—
Execution Units
640
8
Power Consumption
60
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4
PCIe Lanes
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16
AI Accelerator
NPU
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AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
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50 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,950
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Cinebench R23
24,002
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Geekbench 6
3,227
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Geekbench 6
21,164
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Cinebench 2024
142
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Cinebench 2024
1,683
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Blender
415
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Passmark CPU
4,790
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Passmark CPU
41,188
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.