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Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
VS
72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Apple M1 Max
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max with 10-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with 12-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 370 and Max
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 5.9 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 2 years and 8 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2985 vs 2431 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Max
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Max
111
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +13%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Max
789
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +57%
1242
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 475
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5200
Cinebench Scores (#103rd 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 AI 9 HX 370 +23%
2985
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
12673
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +26%
15976
File compression 1450 MB/sec 1340 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 139.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 335.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 468.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 322.1 pages/sec
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 63.8 images/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 124.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 33.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 447 & 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Max
3831
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +3%
3939
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Max
22162
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +58%
34958
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 122.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 76.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 127M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 48.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 442.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 1881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 31.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2398 & 3074 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Max
199.2
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +41%
281.07

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.8 PPW 23 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 253.5 PPW 295.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 647.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW 5.21 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 AI 9 HX 370
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-26 (Nvdya)Cinebench 2024114 / 1135
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Peterr)Cinebench 2024117 / 962
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 CPU2904 / 15532
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Asus Tuf FA608WI)Cinebench 2024104 / 1050
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-15 (Urxelix)Cinebench 2024116 / 1217
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number - 370
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 8
E-Threads 2 16
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 12
Total Threads 10 24
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 57 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 50 W 15-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (93rd and 42nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 4096 1024
TMUs 256 64
ROPs 128 32
Execution Units 512 16
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Max +80%
10.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
5.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
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 AI 9 HX 370 official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Comments

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