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Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

66 out of 100
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 7 350
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) with 6-cores against the 2 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 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 350 and (MacBook)
Advantages of Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3615 vs 2824 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 7 350
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Around 29.6 GB/s (49%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Radeon 860M integrated graphics: 3.1 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
  • 23% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.05 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
A18 Pro (MacBook)
vs
Ryzen AI 7 350

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 642
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3390
Cinebench Scores (#51st 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1050 MB/sec 1090 MB/sec
Clang compilation 58.1 Klines/sec 97.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 201.6 pages/sec 283.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 214.8 Mpixels/sec 413.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 318.8 pages/sec 311.4 pages/sec
Background blur 41 images/sec 69.8 images/sec
Photo processing 91.5 images/sec 92.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.18 Mpixels/sec 22.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 37.5 GOps/sec 85.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 25.4 GOps/sec 53.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 132M Primes/sec 80M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 17.2M Strings/sec 33.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 8 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 133.5 MBytes/sec 303.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1380 Frames/sec 1347 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.5B Matrices/sec 21.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 962 & 1866 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
A18 Pro (MacBook)
71.04
Ryzen AI 7 350 +187%
203.86

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 70.2 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 922.5 PPW 248.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1281.2 PPW 461.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.1 PPW 3.78 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 A18 Pro (MacBook)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 7 CPU3006 / 7807
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU3505 / 8840
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-24 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU3505 / 8840
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AMD Ryzen AI 7 350
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-26 -> Razer144Geekbench 6 CPU2842 / 13585
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-26 -> Razer144Cinebench 2024115 / 833
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-26 -> Razer144Cinebench 2026642 / 3390
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (satvik)Cinebench 2026617 / 3204
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 -> Starjack36Geekbench 6 CPU2839 / 11569
Add View all (9)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) and AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released September 9, 2024 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 5 (Krackan Point)
Model number APL1V07 350
Integrated GPU Apple A18 Pro GPU Radeon 860M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#49th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 2 8
Base Frequency (P) 2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) - 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 2.42 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 6 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 10 W 15-54 W (configurable)
Socket Custom FP8
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (72nd and 82nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple A18 Pro GPU Radeon 860M
GPU Base Clock - 600 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1490 MHz 3000 MHz
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 40 32
ROPs - 16
Execution Units 128 8
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
A18 Pro (MacBook)
2.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 7 350 +35%
3.1 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 860M compared to Apple A18 Pro GPU

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-7500 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 8 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 60 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Total votes: 15

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Comments

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