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Apple M4 Max (16-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 490

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Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
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78 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 490
Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 490

We compared two 16-core laptop CPUs: the 4.51 GHz Apple M4 Max (16-Core) against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 490. 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 490 and (16-Core)
Advantages of Apple M4 Max (16-Core)
  • Around 290 GB/s (113%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) integrated graphics: 16.2 vs 11.5 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • 33% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3986 vs 2994 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 490
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M4 Max (16-Core)
vs
Ryzen AI Max PRO 490

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6324 -
Cinebench Scores (#23rd 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 2680 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 219.7 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 699.3 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 771.1 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 381.1 pages/sec -
Background blur 92.2 images/sec -
Photo processing 236.2 images/sec -
Ray tracing 36.1 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 98.9 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 101.4 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 627M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 64.5M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 27 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 572.9 MBytes/sec -
Physics 6614 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 30.3B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] โ€“ 566 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 29.2 PPW -
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 374.1 PPW 159.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 627.2 PPW -
Blender / Watt 6.79 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 Max (16-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-20 (Rahul)Cinebench 2024177 / 1954
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-10 (thomas)Geekbench 6 CPU4094 / 26275
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-02 (BigJake)Cinebench 2024178 / 2001
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-17 (MM)Cinebench 2024173 / 1928
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-11-12 (Jason C)Cinebench 2024177 / 2004
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M4 Max (16-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 490

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 30, 2024 September 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 -
Model number T6041 490
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) Radeon 8050S
Successor - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU) -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 16
P-Threads 12 32
Base Frequency (P) 4.51 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.59 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 16 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 45x 32x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 70 W 45-120 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP11
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1578 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 5120 2048
TMUs 320 128
ROPs 160 64
Execution Units 640 32
TGP 50 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
M4 Max (16-Core) +41%
16.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI Max PRO 490
11.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 8050S compared to Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 32 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 546 GB/s 256 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 490 official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Comments

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