Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.51 GHz Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) with 14-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Please note that the tests on the Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 380 and (14-Core)
Advantages of Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Around 145 GB/s (113%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Apple M4 GPU (20-core) integrated graphics: 8.1 vs 5.7 TFLOPS
  • 40% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3899 vs 2792 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM

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)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6050 -
Cinebench Scores (#53rd 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)
File compression 2250 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 187.5 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 586.6 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 624.4 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 367.3 pages/sec -
Background blur 86.9 images/sec -
Photo processing 200.3 images/sec -
Ray tracing 30.5 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 84 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 85.5 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 530M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 54.9M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 23 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 487.6 MBytes/sec -
Physics 5313 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 25.7B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] – 805 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 36.5 PPW 28 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 492.2 PPW 283.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 825.7 PPW -
Blender / Watt - 3.04 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 Pro (14-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-10-24 (TechWolf)Cinebench 2024171 / 1698
📘 2025-04-26 (cyw)Cinebench 2024172 / 1678
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 29, 2024 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Model number T6040 380
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (20-core) Radeon 8040S
Rival Equivalent - - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 6
P-Threads 10 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.51 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.59 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 14 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 45x 36x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 46 W 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 120 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP11
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 GPU (20-core) Radeon 8040S
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1578 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 2560 1024
TMUs 160 64
ROPs 80 32
Execution Units 320 16
TGP 26 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
8.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 16 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 273 GB/s 128 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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