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Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
VS
60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Apple M1 Max
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max with 10-cores against the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 (1)

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 7940HS and Max
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 4.3 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 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 9 7940HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Max +7%
111
Ryzen 9 7940HS
104
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Max
789
Ryzen 9 7940HS +18%
933
Cinebench Scores (#174th 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 9 7940HS +2%
2469
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Max +9%
12673
Ryzen 9 7940HS
11631
File compression 1450 MB/sec 962.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 101.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 211.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 326.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 260.3 pages/sec
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 87.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 447 & 569 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
22162
Ryzen 9 7940HS +34%
29783
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 102.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 62.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 90M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 42.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 21.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 360.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 1427 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 27.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2398 & 2780 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Max
199.2
Ryzen 9 7940HS +13%
225.69

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 215.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 551.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW 4.18 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 9 7940HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-09 (chrisg)Cinebench 2024105 / 873
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-19 (Phillywilly2000)Cinebench 2024102 / 906
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-14 (GlancingOcean)Cinebench 202470 / 677
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-13 (antoooooo)Cinebench 2024109 / 1009
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-08 (沧桷)Geekbench 6 CPU2614 / 12911
Add View all (9)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 13900H
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#66th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.2 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 - 40x
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 106th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 4096 768
TMUs 256 48
ROPs 128 32
Execution Units 512 12
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Max +147%
10.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7940HS
4.3 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 9 7940HS official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 9 7940HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS or Apple M1 Max?
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HGT January 12, 2023 at 06:29 AM
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS. Processor base Frequency higher than Apple M1 max.
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