apple m1 max vs apple m1 pro

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We compared two CPUs Apple M1 Max (Laptop) 10-cores against Apple M1 Pro (Laptop) 10-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Apple M1 Max and Apple M1 Pro
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1544
1544
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
m1 max +2%
12507
12199
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3872
0
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
22551
0
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 max +2%
1800
1761
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1 max +1%
12695
12547

Specifications

Full technical specification of m1 max and m1 pro

General

Apple M1 Max Apple M1 Pro
Vendor Apple Apple
Released October 18 2021 October 18 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename
Socket
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU

Performance

Apple M1 Max Apple M1 Pro
Cores 10 10
Threads 10 10
Base Frequency GHz 2.064 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency GHz 3.22 GHz
L1 Cache 2.9 MB 2.9 MB
L2 Cache 28 MB 28 MB
L3 Cache 48 MB 24 MB

Power

Apple M1 Max Apple M1 Pro
Fabrication process 5 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) W W

Memory support

Apple M1 Max Apple M1 Pro
Memory types
Memory Size GB GB
Max. Memory Channels
Max. Memory Bandwidth - -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Apple M1 Max Apple M1 Pro
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 450 MHz
Shading Units 4096 2048
TMUs 256 128
ROPs 128 64
TGP 60 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
10.4 TFLOPS
5.2 TFLOPS

Misc

Apple M1 Max Apple M1 Pro
Official site Apple M1 Max official page Apple M1 Pro official page
PCI Express Version
PCI Express Lanes

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 Pro or Apple M1 Max?