Apple M3 Max vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
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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 375 with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
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 โ 3 versus 4 nanometers
- Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Newer - released 9 months later
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 5133 | - |
Cinebench Scores (51st and 98th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2190 MB/sec | 1270 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 198.5 Klines/sec | 131.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 557.3 pages/sec | 304 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 648.9 Mpixels/sec | 480.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 309.1 pages/sec | 316.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 68.9 images/sec | 74.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 183.5 images/sec | 135.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 30.6 Mpixels/sec | 32.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 91.2 GOps/sec | 124.4 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 131.5 GOps/sec | 78.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 573M Primes/sec | 129M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 61.7M Strings/sec | 48.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 24.7 GBytes/sec | 22.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 530.4 MBytes/sec | 446.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 4332 Frames/sec | 1911 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 24.2B Matrices/sec | 32B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 30.3 PPW | 23.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 378 PPW | 300.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 735.9 PPW | 654.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.21 PPW | - |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M3 Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2024-09-27 (JayZeppelin) | Cinebench 2024 | 142 / 1698 |
| ๐ 2024-04-27 (Guest #1) | Cinebench 2024 | 141 / 1459 |
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-10-31 (DavidchoGamer84) | Cinebench 2024 | 121 / 1277 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M3 Max and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | October 30, 2023 | July 24, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M3 | Zen 5 (Strix Point) |
| Model number | - | 375 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) | Radeon 890M |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i9 14900HX |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU) | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#27th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 12 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.05 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.1 GHz |
| 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 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 | 100ยฐC | 100ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (15th and 39th 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
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 375 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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