Ryzen 9 4900H vs Apple M4 Max (16 cores)

Place in the ranking	165	644
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple M4	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	29.33	21.01
Architecture codename	no data	Renoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date	30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)	16 March 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Ryzen 9 4900H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	no data	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.51 GHz	4.4 GHz
Multiplier	no data	33
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Ryzen 9 4900H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1
Socket	no data	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Ryzen 9 4900H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, SHA
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Ryzen 9 4900H are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Ryzen 9 4900H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M4 40-core GPU

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Ryzen 9 4900H.

PCIe version

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3.0

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	28.04	12.05
Recency	30 October 2024	16 March 2020
Physical cores	16	8
Chip lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	54 Watt

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) has a 132.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 9 4900H, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Apple M4 Max (16 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 9 4900H in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Ryzen 9 4900H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.