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Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
VS
51 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Apple M1 Max
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max with 10-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6800H and Max
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Around 332.8 GB/s (433%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 3.4 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2431 vs 1891 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 6 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Max
vs
Ryzen 7 6800H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Max +28%
111
Ryzen 7 6800H
87
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Max +11%
789
Ryzen 7 6800H
713
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 437
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3117
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M1 Max +29%
2431
Ryzen 7 6800H
1891
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Max +30%
12673
Ryzen 7 6800H
9712
File compression 1450 MB/sec 944.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 68.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 196.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 295.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 194.5 pages/sec
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 46 images/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 84.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 17.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 447 & 1144 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Max +20%
3831
Ryzen 7 6800H
3185
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
22162
Ryzen 7 6800H +2%
22711
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 84 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 47.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 57M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 30.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 17.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 289.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 1027 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 19.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2398 & 3926 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Max
199.2
Ryzen 7 6800H
n/a

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.8 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 253.5 PPW 215.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 504.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M1 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-04 (Daniel)Geekbench 6 CPU2459 / 13052
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AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-03 (Sarfraz)Cinebench 2024434 / 2815
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-01 (Ronak Sarkar)Cinebench 2026437 / 3117
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-09 (Lex)Cinebench 202442 / 391
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-12 (Edu)Cinebench 202487 / 713
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon 680M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 12800H
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#111th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 -
E-Threads 2 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 32x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 57 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 50 W 45 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP7
Peak Temperature - 95Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (93rd and 193rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 4096 768
TMUs 256 48
ROPs 128 32
Execution Units 512 12
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Max +212%
10.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 6800H
3.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 680M compared to Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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Comments

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