Apple M6 (12-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 480
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.79 GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) with 12-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 480 with 8-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 480 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
Advantages of Apple M6 (12-Core)
- More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
- 65% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4610 vs 2799 points
- Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 480
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- Around 86 GB/s (51%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Radeon 8040S integrated graphics: 5.7 vs 4.9 TFLOPS
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#91st place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Performance Per Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 285.5 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M6 (12-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 480General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | September 5, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M6 | - |
| Model number | T8152 | PRO 480 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Radeon 8040S |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.79 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.9 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | - |
| E-Threads | 6 | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 47x | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 256K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 45-55 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 120 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP11 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#10th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Radeon 8040S |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 1295 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 96 | 64 |
| ROPs | 80 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 192 | 16 |
| TGP | - | 55 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-10667 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 4 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 170 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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