Apple M1 Max: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregated performance score

Apple M1 Max
2021
10 cores / 10 threads
11.84

It provides poor benchmark performance at 11.84% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

Apple started M1 Max sales 18 October 2021. This is notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 10 cores and 10 threads, and is based on 5 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3220 MHz and a locked multiplier.

General info

Apple M1 Max processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking593
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesApple M-Series
Release date18 October 2021 (2 years ago)
Current price$8.99 of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)
Threads10
Base clock speed2.06 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.22 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache2.9 MBof 7.3 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache28 MBof 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache48 MBof 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography5 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Number of transistors57000 Millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Unlocked multiplierNo

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Apple M1 Max.

Integrated graphics cardApple M1 Max 32-Core GPU

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Apple M1 Max. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M1 Max 11.84

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Apple M1 Max 22021

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Apple M1 Max 1691

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Apple M1 Max 200

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Apple M1 Max performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.


Ryzen 7 5825U 100.42
Apple M1 Max 100
Apple M1 Pro 99.92

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Recommended GPUs

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These are the fastest graphics cards for Apple M1 Max in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 598 configurations based on Apple M1 Max in our database.

User Ratings

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