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Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

83 out of 100
Apple M3 Max
VS
60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Apple M3 Max
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Max with 16-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

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 M3 Max
  • More powerful Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) integrated graphics: 14.1 vs 4.3 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3227 vs 2469 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M3 Max
vs
Ryzen 9 7940HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M3 Max +37%
142
Ryzen 9 7940HS
104
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M3 Max +82%
1698
Ryzen 9 7940HS
933
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5133 -
Cinebench Scores (51st and 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)
M3 Max +31%
3227
Ryzen 9 7940HS
2469
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M3 Max +82%
21167
Ryzen 9 7940HS
11631
File compression 2190 MB/sec 962.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 198.5 Klines/sec 101.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 557.3 pages/sec 211.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 648.9 Mpixels/sec 326.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.1 pages/sec 260.3 pages/sec
Background blur 68.9 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 183.5 images/sec 87.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.6 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 678 & 569 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M3 Max +24%
4780
Ryzen 9 7940HS
3850
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M3 Max +38%
41211
Ryzen 9 7940HS
29783
Integer math 91.2 GOps/sec 102.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 131.5 GOps/sec 62.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 573M Primes/sec 90M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 61.7M Strings/sec 42.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 24.7 GBytes/sec 21.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 530.4 MBytes/sec 360.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 4332 Frames/sec 1427 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 24.2B Matrices/sec 27.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 409 & 2780 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M3 Max +79%
403.83
Ryzen 9 7940HS
225.69

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 30.3 PPW 17.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 378 PPW 215.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 735.9 PPW 551.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.21 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 M3 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-27 (JayZeppelin)Cinebench 2024142 / 1698
πŸ“˜ 2024-04-27 (Guest #1)Cinebench 2024141 / 1459
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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 M3 Max and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Apple M3 Max GPU (40-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 12 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 4.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.75 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 40x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 92 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 56 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (15th and 106th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1380 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 5120 768
TMUs 320 48
ROPs 160 32
Execution Units 640 12
TGP 60 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M3 Max +228%
14.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7940HS
4.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 32 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 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

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