Apple M1 Max vs Apple M1 Pro

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Apple M1 Pro
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General info

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

Place in performance rating426425
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M-SeriesApple M-Series
Release date18 October 2021 (1 year old)18 October 2021 (1 year old)
Current price$11.95 $8.99

Technical specs

Apple M1 Pro and Apple M1 Max basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1010
Base clock speed2.064 GHz2.06 GHz
Boost clock speed3.22 GHz3.22 GHz
L1 cache2.9 MB2.9 MB
L2 cache28 MB28 MB
L3 cache24 MB48 MB
Chip lithography5 nm5 nm
Number of transistors33700 Million57000 Million
64 bit support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU-

Benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Overall 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 14.54
Apple M1 Max 14.55
+0.1%
  • Passmark
  • Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
  • Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

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: 67%

Apple M1 Pro 17186
Apple M1 Max 22134
+28.8%

Apple M1 Max outperforms Apple M1 Pro by 29% in Passmark.

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: 14%

Apple M1 Pro 1690
Apple M1 Max 1691
+0.1%

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 It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine.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: 14%

Apple M1 Pro 209
+4.5%
Apple M1 Max 200

Apple M1 Pro outperforms Apple M1 Max by 5% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 14.54 14.55
Base clock speed 2064 2060

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