Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.51 GHz Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) with 14-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 395 and (14-Core)
Advantages of Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3899 vs 3094 points
  • Around 17 GB/s (7%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon 8060S integrated graphics: 14.8 vs 8.1 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores

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 and 44th 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 2190 MB/sec
Clang compilation 187.5 Klines/sec 228.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 586.6 pages/sec 513 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 624.4 Mpixels/sec 613 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 367.3 pages/sec 337 pages/sec
Background blur 86.9 images/sec 69.7 images/sec
Photo processing 200.3 images/sec 233.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.5 Mpixels/sec 48 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 84 GOps/sec 191.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 85.5 GOps/sec 121.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 530M Primes/sec 285M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 54.9M Strings/sec 70.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23 GBytes/sec 33.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 487.6 MBytes/sec 643.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 5313 Frames/sec 3190 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 25.7B Matrices/sec 52.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 805 & 353 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 14.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 492.2 PPW 191.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 825.7 PPW 431.2 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.12 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-24 (TechWolf)Cinebench 2024171 / 1698
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-26 (cyw)Cinebench 2024172 / 1678
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-15 (etheory)Cinebench 2024113 / 1785

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

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 -
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (20-core) Radeon 8060S
Rival Equivalent - - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#13th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 16
P-Threads 10 32
Base Frequency (P) 4.51 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.59 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 16
Total Threads 14 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 45x 30x
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) 46 W 45-120 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket Custom
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (8th and 23rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 GPU (20-core) Radeon 8060S
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1578 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 2560 2560
TMUs 160 160
ROPs 80 64
Execution Units 320 40
TGP 26 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
8.1 TFLOPS
14.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 16 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 273 GB/s 256 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 or Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)?
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LF_Six April 19, 2026 at 02:02 PM
AMD has really stepped up its game this time.
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