AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 vs Apple M1 Max
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 with 8 cores 3.6GHz and Apple M1 Max with 10 cores 2.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 8 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 6400)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.0GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)
Apple M1 Max 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 256GB/s)
Lower TDP (30W vs 55W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+39%
2150
Apple M1 Max
1545
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+132%
28876
Apple M1 Max
12440
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+20%
2892
Apple M1 Max
2410
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+37%
17206
Apple M1 Max
12480
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+16%
133
Apple M1 Max
114
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+112%
1688
Apple M1 Max
793
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
May 2022
AMD
Manufacturer
Apple
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Core Architecture
-
FP11
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Radeon 8050S
Integrated Graphics
Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Generation
-
Package
Transistor Count
57 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
45-55 W
Power Consumption
30 W
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
TSMC
Foundry
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
10
16
Performance Core Threads
10
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
0
Efficiency Cores
-
Efficiency Core Threads
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
8
Total Core Count
10
16
Total Thread Count
10
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
36
Multiplier
-
80 K per core
L1 Cache
192 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
24 MB shared
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-8000
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
128 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
8
256 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
GPU Base Frequency
450 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1296 MHz
2048
Shader Units
4096
128
Texture Units
256
64
Raster Operation Units
128
32
Execution Units
-
45-120
Power Consumption
60 W
Max Resolution
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
11.5 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
10.4 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
AMD Ryzen™ AI
NPU
-
55 TOPS
Theoretical performance
-
