Apple M3 Pro vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro 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.

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 Pro
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon 8060S integrated graphics: 14.8 vs 6.4 TFLOPS
  • Around 102.4 GB/s (67%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1059
Cinebench Scores (141st and 44th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15512
File compression 1560 MB/sec 2190 MB/sec
Clang compilation 132.6 Klines/sec 228.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 382.9 pages/sec 513 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 393.2 Mpixels/sec 613 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301 pages/sec 337 pages/sec
Background blur 61.4 images/sec 69.7 images/sec
Photo processing 144.1 images/sec 233.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.7 Mpixels/sec 48 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 991 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
24046
51739
Integer math 55.9 GOps/sec 191.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.8 GOps/sec 121.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 240M Primes/sec 285M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.2M Strings/sec 70.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.4 GBytes/sec 33.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 288.5 MBytes/sec 643.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2060 Frames/sec 3190 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.1B Matrices/sec 52.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1204 & 353 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
228.7
374.97

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.3 PPW 14.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 517.1 PPW 191.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 801.5 PPW 431.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.62 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
Apple M3 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Geekbench 6 CPU3198 / 14601
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Cinebench 2024150 / 946
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-15 (etheory)Cinebench 2024113 / 1785

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M3 Pro and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2023 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M3 Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Integrated GPU Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) Radeon 8060S
Rival Equivalent - - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#13th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 6 32
Base Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 -
E-Threads 6 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.75 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 16
Total Threads 12 32
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 30x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 37 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 45-120 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket Custom
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (44th and 23rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) Radeon 8060S
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1380 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 2304 2560
TMUs 144 160
ROPs 72 64
Execution Units 288 40
TGP 30 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
6.4 TFLOPS
14.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 36 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 12 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 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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