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Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
VS
74 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
Apple M1 Max
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max with 10-cores against the 2.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX with 16-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 7945HX and Max
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2901 vs 2431 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Max
vs
Ryzen 9 7945HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Max
111
Ryzen 9 7945HX +3%
114
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Max
789
Ryzen 9 7945HX +132%
1834
Cinebench Scores (#41st 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 7945HX +19%
2901
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
12673
Ryzen 9 7945HX +41%
17828
File compression 1450 MB/sec 1590 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 190.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 320.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 474.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 296.8 pages/sec
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 43 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 447 & 677 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Max
3831
Ryzen 9 7945HX +5%
4017
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
22162
Ryzen 9 7945HX +143%
53917
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 205.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 122.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 280M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 81.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 42.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 699.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 2450 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 51.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2398 & 2890 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Max
199.2
Ryzen 9 7945HX +137%
472.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.8 PPW 24.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 253.5 PPW 237.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 718.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW 6.3 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 7945HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Geekbench 6 CPU2949 / 17981
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Cinebench 2024116 / 1901
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-02 (ceratogyrus35)Cinebench 2024114 / 1834
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-18 (Baka)Cinebench 2024112 / 1552
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 13950HX
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#24th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 8 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 -
E-Threads 2 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 16
Total Threads 10 32
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 25x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 57 billions 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 50 W 55-75 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FL1
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (93rd and 36th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 4096 128
TMUs 256 8
ROPs 128 4
Execution Units 512 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Max +1667%
10.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7945HX
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX official page
PCI Express Version - 5.0
PCI Express Lanes - 28

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Comments

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