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Apple M4 (8-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

74 out of 100
Apple M4 (8-Core)
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 7 350
Apple M4 (8-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (8-Core) against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 7 350. 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 (5)

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 (8-Core)
Advantages of Apple M4 (8-Core)
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Around 30.4 GB/s (34%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3706 vs 2824 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 7 350
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M4 (8-Core)
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 (181st and 187th 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)
M4 (8-Core) +31%
3706
Ryzen AI 7 350
2824
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M4 (8-Core)
13327
Ryzen AI 7 350 +1%
13409
File compression 1440 MB/sec 1090 MB/sec
Clang compilation 94.5 Klines/sec 97.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 301.2 pages/sec 283.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 343.5 Mpixels/sec 413.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 350.9 pages/sec 311.4 pages/sec
Background blur 56.6 images/sec 69.8 images/sec
Photo processing 144.8 images/sec 92.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.3 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)
M4 (8-Core) +17%
4484
Ryzen AI 7 350
3832
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M4 (8-Core)
20671
Ryzen AI 7 350 +21%
24920
Integer math - 85.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 53.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 80M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 33.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 303.9 MBytes/sec
Physics - 1347 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 21.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1866 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 45.6 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 666.4 PPW 248.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1033.6 PPW 461.5 PPW
Blender / Watt - 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 M4 (8-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-08 -> B00_1999Geekbench 6 CPU3684 / 15022
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AMD Ryzen AI 7 350
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-26 -> Razer144Geekbench 6 CPU2842 / 13585
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-26 -> Razer144Cinebench 2024115 / 833
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-26 -> Razer144Cinebench 2026642 / 3390
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-12 (satvik)Cinebench 2026617 / 3204
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-04 -> Starjack36Geekbench 6 CPU2839 / 11569
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M4 (8-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 29, 2024 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 5 (Krackan Point)
Model number APL1206 350
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (8-core) 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 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.46 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.85 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 44x 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) 20 W 15-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Die Size 169.4 mmยฒ -
Laptop processors ranking (34th and 80th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 GPU (8-core) Radeon 860M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 600 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1470 MHz 3000 MHz
Shading Units 1024 512
TMUs 64 32
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 128 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M4 (8-Core)
3 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 7 350 +3%
3.1 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 860M compared to Apple M4 GPU (8-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7500 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 120 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: 94

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 or Apple M4 (8-Core)?
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sreeraj July 22, 2025 at 05:18 AM
M4 is far behind while performing AI workload; its 38 TOPS processor struggles to retain performance with AI 350 with 50 TOPS, at least for 15 minutes. In the long run, Apple fails to reach half the AI load in entire AI tasks.
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Adamsk June 26, 2025 at 08:55 AM
I cant believe that M4 beat Ryzen 7 350 but people still vote for 7 350
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mee July 1, 2025 at 04:28 AM
Yeah, beacuase the you can get the ryzen with 120hetrz for the same price you can only get the m4 for 60 hetrz
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RonA July 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
mee, What are you talking about? The M4 is perfectly capable of doing 240hz refresh rate.
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Gabriele March 25, 2026 at 10:49 PM
mee, This site is for comparing CPUs not for comparing devices, m0r0n
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