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Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

83 out of 100
Apple M3 Max
VS
72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Apple M3 Max
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Max with 16-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 M3 Max
  • More powerful Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) integrated graphics: 14.1 vs 5.9 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 7 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M3 Max
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M3 Max +14%
142
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M3 Max +37%
1698
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
1242
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 475
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5133 5200
Cinebench Scores (51st and 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)
M3 Max +8%
3227
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
2985
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M3 Max +32%
21167
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
15976
File compression 2190 MB/sec 1340 MB/sec
Clang compilation 198.5 Klines/sec 139.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 557.3 pages/sec 335.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 648.9 Mpixels/sec 468.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.1 pages/sec 322.1 pages/sec
Background blur 68.9 images/sec 63.8 images/sec
Photo processing 183.5 images/sec 124.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.6 Mpixels/sec 33.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 678 & 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M3 Max +21%
4780
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
3939
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M3 Max +18%
41211
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
34958
Integer math 91.2 GOps/sec 122.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 131.5 GOps/sec 76.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 573M Primes/sec 127M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 61.7M Strings/sec 48.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 24.7 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 530.4 MBytes/sec 442.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 4332 Frames/sec 1881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 24.2B Matrices/sec 31.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 409 & 3074 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M3 Max +44%
403.83
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
281.07

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 30.3 PPW 23 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 378 PPW 295.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 735.9 PPW 647.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.21 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 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 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 M3 Max and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number - 370
Integrated GPU Apple M3 Max GPU (40-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 12 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (E) 2.75 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 16 24
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 92 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 56 W 15-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (15th and 42nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1380 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 5120 1024
TMUs 320 64
ROPs 160 32
Execution Units 640 16
TGP 60 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M3 Max +139%
14.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
5.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)

Memory Support

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

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