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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 vs Apple M2 (8-core)

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495
—Inno Score
VS
Apple M2 (8-core)
41Inno Score
—Single-core44
—Multi-core24.7
42.2Efficiencyspec-based80
82.5Platformspec-based35
7 spec wins — AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 4951 spec wins — Apple M2 (8-core)

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495

  • 700% higher Max memory: 192 GB vs 24 GB
  • 300% higher Performance cores: 16 vs 4
  • 300% higher threads: 32 vs 8
  • 100% higher cores: 16 vs 8
  • 49% higher Boost clock: 5.2 GHz vs 3.5 GHz

Reasons to pick the Apple M2 (8-core)

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

General

General comparison: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 versus Apple M2 (8-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495Apple M2 (8-core)
Announced20262022
Process4 nm+20%5 nm
Base TDP55 W—
Max TDP120 W—

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 versus Apple M2 (8-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495Apple M2 (8-core)
Cores16+100%8
Performance cores16+300%4
Efficiency cores04
Threads32+300%8
Base clock3.1 GHz—
Boost clock5.2 GHz+49%3.5 GHz
L3 cache64 MB—

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 versus Apple M2 (8-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495Apple M2 (8-core)
iGPUAMD Radeon 8065S (40 CU)Apple 10-core GPU
iGPU clock3,000 MHz—

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 versus Apple M2 (8-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495Apple M2 (8-core)
Memory supportLPDDR5X-8533LPDDR5-6400
Max memory192 GB+700%24 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 versus Apple M2 (8-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495Apple M2 (8-core)
Geekbench 6 (single)—2,600Top 57%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—9,750Top 83%
Cinebench R23 (single)—1,580Top 86%
Cinebench R23 (multi)—8,700Top 91%

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