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The AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 has just been released as part of the Strix Family of APUs. It has a powerful CPU and GPU combination designed to dominate the thin and light Windows laptop market. On the other hand, the Apple M3 Max is Apple's most powerful processor as of this writing and is found only on MacBooks, which many content creators prefer. Can the new AMD CPU beat this beast?
Let's find out with a detailed comparison of the new AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 and the Apple M3 Max.
Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the writer's opinions.
AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 vs Apple M3 Max
The AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 is based on a new Zen 5-based x86 architecture that brought 16% IPC improvements over its predecessor. The Apple M3 Max; however, is an ARM processor that has 37% more transistors than its predecessor.
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That said, let's compare the specs of the two CPUs and gauge what's under the hood.
Specs comparison
Here are the specs of AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 and Apple M3 Max:
The major differences between the two CPUs lie in the core count and clock speed. While the Apple processor may have a lower clock speed, its architecture allows it to do more.
Synthetic performance difference
It's time we move beyond the specs and look at the actual performance capabilities of the two CPUs. Here's how the AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 and the Apple M3 Max performed in popular benchmarks like Cinebench, Geekbench, and more.
In single-core benchmarks, the Apple M3 Max performed about 10.6% faster on average than the Ryzen AI HX 370. In multi-core benchmarks, the former CPU is about 16.7% faster on average than the latter.
Gaming performance benchmarks
The Apple M3 Max takes a decent leap over the AMD processor in productivity benchmarks, but can it gain a similar lead in gaming? Most probably. However, the M3 Max is designed on the ARM architecture, and since most games are built for the x86 CPUs, they can't run natively on Apple Silicon.
Besides that, Macbooks run on MacOS, while x86 laptops run on the Windows operating system. Due to the obvious differences in the architecture and OS, a direct gaming comparison between the two chips is not possible. Therefore, we will look at the theoretical graphics performance of the two CPUs for this.
Here's the theoretical performance of the integrated GPUs of the two processors:
The integrated graphics inside the Apple M3 Max is around 19.5% better on average than the Ryzen AI HX 370. However, the Apple chip's performance won't matter much if there aren't many games to play in the first place. Even if you manage to run Windows Games on it, there will be a definite performance penalty due to the translation calls/emulation process.
On the other hand, Windows has a ton of games, and they will have no issues running on the AMD processor.
Final verdict of AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 vs Apple M3 Max
The Apple M3 Max is the best laptop CPU since it is around 10 to 17% faster than the Ryzen chip. Productivity, video editing, and 3D rendering applications will run faster on the MacBooks powered by this Apple chip.
However, the AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 chip will be better for gaming since it is on x86 architecture, and most games are designed for this architecture. Even demanding games, such as Cyberpunk 2077, can be played well on the integrated GPU of this processor.
