Apple M1 Pro 8-Core: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregated performance score

Apple M1 Pro 8-Core
2021
8 cores / 8 threads
8.90

It provides poor benchmark performance at 8.90% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

Apple started M1 Pro 8-Core sales 18 October 2021. This is notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 5 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3220 MHz and a locked multiplier.

General info

Apple M1 Pro 8-Core processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking777
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesApple M-Series
Release date18 October 2021 (2 years ago)

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 cores8 (Octa-Core)
Threads8
Base clock speed2.06 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.22 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache2.3 MBof 7.3 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache28 MBof 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache16 MBof 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography5 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Number of transistors33700 Millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Unlocked multiplierNo

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Apple M1 Pro 8-Core.

Integrated graphics cardApple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Apple M1 Pro 8-Core. 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 Pro 8-Core 8.90

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 Pro 8-Core 1320

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 Pro 8-Core 210

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Apple M1 Pro 8-Core performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.


Core i7-1265U 101.35
Core i9-9880H 100.45
Core i7-1255U 100.11
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 100

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Recommended GPUs

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These are the fastest graphics cards for Apple M1 Pro 8-Core in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 494 configurations based on Apple M1 Pro 8-Core in our database.

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