AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 400 vs Apple M5: Multi-Core Monsters
AMD's 16-core Zen 6 beast takes on Apple's efficiency champion — compilation, ML, and real-world benchmarks.
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 400
$1,399$1,449
cores
16-core Zen 6
process
3nm TSMC
tdp
35W
memory
Up to 64GB DDR5
npu
XDNA 3 NPU (55 TOPS)
Apple M5
$1,549$1,599
Price Drop
cores
12-core CPU, 22-core GPU
process
3nm (2nd gen)
tdp
25W
memory
Up to 96GB unified
npu
22-core Neural Engine (45 TOPS)
Performance Benchmarks
Overall Profile (Normalized)
Quick Verdict
Best Performance
Apple M5
Best Value
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 400
Best AI Ready
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 400
Verdict
AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 400 takes the multi-core crown with 20,100 vs 18,200, plus the highest NPU TOPS (55). Apple M5 wins on battery life (22 vs 16 hours) and GPU performance. AMD is the pick for raw compute; Apple for balanced mobile use.