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Apple M1 Max vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
Apple M1 Max
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max with 10-cores against the 2.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 4800H 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 (1)

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 4800H and Max
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • Around 341.33 GB/s (500%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • 50% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2431 vs 1624 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Max
vs
Ryzen 7 4800H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Max +50%
111
Ryzen 7 4800H
74
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Max +28%
789
Ryzen 7 4800H
615
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 300
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2472
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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)
M1 Max +50%
2431
Ryzen 7 4800H
1624
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Max +73%
12673
Ryzen 7 4800H
7307
File compression 1450 MB/sec 525.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 60.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 141.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 239.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 136.2 pages/sec
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 37.4 images/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 53.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 15.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 447 & 999 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Max +48%
3831
Ryzen 7 4800H
2584
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Max +24%
22162
Ryzen 7 4800H
17916
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 63.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 36.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 33M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 28.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 265.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 737 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 16.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2398 & 6192 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Max +32%
199.2
Ryzen 7 4800H
151.47

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.8 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 253.5 PPW 135.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 331.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW 2.81 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 M1 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-04 (Daniel)Geekbench 6 CPU2459 / 13052
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AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-28 (Kaismeer)Cinebench 2026300 / 2472
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-03 (Tommy)Cinebench 202475 / 673
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-12 (Lee)Cinebench 202474 / 615
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-04 (Smothy)Cinebench 202472 / 544
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-08 (Secondoff3471)Cinebench 202472 / 658
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Max and AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 18, 2021 January 6, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Apple M1 Zen 2 (Renoir)
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 11850H
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#152nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 -
E-Threads 2 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier - 29x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 57 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 50 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP6
Peak Temperature - 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Radeon Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 4096 448
TMUs 256 28
ROPs 128 8
Execution Units 512 7
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Max +657%
10.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 4800H
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 68.27 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 7 4800H official page
PCI Express Version - 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Total votes: 86

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H or Apple M1 Max?
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paul March 28, 2022 at 07:31 AM
I think 4800h is better for gaming and video editing but if you are not interested in gaming and have the extra money buy the 4200 dollar m1 max
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