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Apple M2 Max vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

67 out of 100
Apple M2 Max
VS
80 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
Apple M2 Max
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Max with 12-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 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 395 and Max
Advantages of Apple M2 Max
  • Around 153.6 GB/s (60%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3094 vs 2695 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M2 Max
vs
Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M2 Max
1022
Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 +75%
1785
Cinebench Scores (148th and 44th 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)
M2 Max
2695
Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 +15%
3094
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M2 Max
14891
Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 +54%
22945
File compression 1690 MB/sec 2190 MB/sec
Clang compilation 131.8 Klines/sec 228.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 368.6 pages/sec 513 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 382.1 Mpixels/sec 613 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 272.7 pages/sec 337 pages/sec
Background blur 54.1 images/sec 69.7 images/sec
Photo processing 149.6 images/sec 233.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 17 Mpixels/sec 48 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 693 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M2 Max
26843
Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 +93%
51739
Integer math 57.7 GOps/sec 191.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.4 GOps/sec 121.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 359M Primes/sec 285M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 41.1M Strings/sec 70.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.7 GBytes/sec 33.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 335.2 MBytes/sec 643.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 3849 Frames/sec 3190 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 52.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1034 & 353 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M2 Max
253.11
Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 +48%
374.97

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.4 PPW 14.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 297.8 PPW 191.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 536.9 PPW 431.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.06 PPW 3.12 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
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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Max and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released January 17, 2023 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M2 Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Integrated GPU Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) Radeon 8060S
Rival Equivalent - - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#13th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 8 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 16
Total Threads 12 32
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 30x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 67 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 50 W 45-120 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket Custom
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (69th and 23rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) Radeon 8060S
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 4864 2560
TMUs 304 160
ROPs 152 64
Execution Units 608 40
TGP 70 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Max
13.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 +9%
14.8 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 8060S compared to Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 4 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 256 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Comments

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