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Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

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Apple M1 Max
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
Apple M1 Max
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max with 10-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 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 8845HS and Max
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 2 years and 2 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Max
vs
Ryzen 7 8845HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Max +9%
111
Ryzen 7 8845HS
102
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Max
789
Ryzen 7 8845HS +18%
932
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 570
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4125
Cinebench Scores (#175th place)
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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
2431
Ryzen 7 8845HS +6%
2580
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
12673
Ryzen 7 8845HS +3%
13018
File compression 1450 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 96.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 278.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 374.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 261.9 pages/sec
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 59.9 images/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 110.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 22.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 447 & 158 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Max +3%
3831
Ryzen 7 8845HS
3721
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
22162
Ryzen 7 8845HS +28%
28291
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 97 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 58.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 86M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 41.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 341.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 1339 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2398 & 3870 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Max
199.2
Ryzen 7 8845HS +3%
205.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.8 PPW 17.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 253.5 PPW 241.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW 3.8 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 8845HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (korn87)Cinebench 2026570 / 4125
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-07 (korn87)Geekbench 6 CPU2718 / 13855
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-07 (korn87)Cinebench 2026570 / 4125
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (MaidElle)Geekbench 6 CPU2514 / 12971
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-26 (iFraan)Geekbench 6 CPU2331 / 10135
Add View all (18)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 December 6, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) - AMD Ryzen 7 260
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#59th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 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 - 38x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 57 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 50 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (93rd and 90th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 4096 768
TMUs 256 48
ROPs 128 32
Execution Units 512 12
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Max +159%
10.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 8845HS
4.1 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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Comments

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