Apple M3 Max 16-Core
The Apple M3 Max (16 Core) is a system on a chip (SoC) from Apple for notebooks that was launched towards the end of 2023. It integrates a new 16-core CPU with 12 performance cores with up to 4.06 GHz and 4 efficiency cores with 2.8 GHz. There is also a slimmed-down 14-core variant with a 30-core GPU.
Thanks to the higher clock rates and architectural improvements, the processor performance is also significantly better than the M2 Max in benchmarks and can keep up with the fastest mobile CPUs (such as a Core i9-13900HX ).
The M3 also integrates a new graphics card with dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration via hardware. In the top model, all 40 cores of the chip are used and support up to 5 displays simultaneously (internal and 4 external).
GPU and CPU can jointly access the shared memory on the package (unified memory). This is available in 48, 64 and 128 GB variants and offers 400 GB/s maximum bandwidth (512 bit bus).
The integrated 16-core Neural Engine has also been revised and now offers 18 TOPS peak performance (compared to 15.8 TOPS in the M2 but 35 TOPS in the new A17 Pro). The video engine now also supports AV1 decoding in hardware. H.264, HEVC and ProRes (RAW) can still be decoded and encoded. Like its predecessor, the Max chip offers two video engines and can therefore encode and decode two streams simultaneously.
Unfortunately, the integrated WLAN only continues to support WiFi 6E (no WiFi 7), unlike the small M3 SoC thunderbolt 4 is also supported (max 40 Gbit/s).
The chip is manufactured in the current 3nm process (N3B) at TSMC and contains 92 billion transistors (+37% vs. Apple M2 Max). Under load, the CPU part consumes up to 56 watts, the chip can use a total of 78 watts.
Series Apple Apple M3 Series: Apple M3 Clock Rate 2748 - 4056 MHz Number of Cores / Threads 16 / 16 12 x 4.1 GHz Apple M3 P-Core 4 x 2.7 GHz Apple M3 E-Core Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 78 Watt Transistor Count 92000 Million Manufacturing Technology 3 nm Features ARMv8 Instruction Set GPU Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU 64 Bit 64 Bit support Architecture ARM Announcement Date 10/30/2023 Product Link (external) www.apple.com
Benchmarks Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
min: 139 avg: 139.5 median: 139.5 (97%) max: 140 Points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 99%
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Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
min: 1532 avg: 1572 median: 1572 (29%) max: 1612 Points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 95% 100%
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 24020 avg: 24022 median: 24022 (22%) max: 24024 Points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 100%
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1950 avg: 1959 median: 1959 (83%) max: 1968 Points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 99% 100%
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 492 avg: 494.5 median: 494.5 (55%) max: 497 Points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 99% 100%
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 5920 avg: 6124 median: 6123.5 (15%) max: 6327 Points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 94% 100%
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 3225 avg: 3297 median: 3264 (21%) max: 3401 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 96% 95% 100%
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0 175 350 525 700 875 1050 1225 1400 1575 1750 1925 2100 2275 2450 2625 2800 2975 3150 3325 Tooltip Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 Max: Ø3225 (3134.8-3413.84)
Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 Max High Performance: Ø3264 (3135.04-3395.87)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 2023 M3 Max: Ø3354 (3260.25-3391.27)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 269 avg: 271 median: 271 (82%) max: 273 Points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 99%
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 194 avg: 195 median: 195 (2%) max: 196 Seconds
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 100%
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 215 avg: 216 median: 216 (2%) max: 217 Seconds
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 100%
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Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
min: 3096 avg: 3127 median: 3126.5 (95%) max: 3157 points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 98%
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Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
min: 21243 avg: 21254 median: 21253.5 (84%) max: 21264 points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 100%
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2318 avg: 2325 median: 2324.5 (98%) max: 2331 points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 99% 100%
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 22816 avg: 22938 median: 22937.5 (41%) max: 23059 points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 99%
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 379.2 avg: 385.5 median: 385.5 (0%) max: 391.7 ms
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 100%
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 94770 avg: 96363 median: 96362.5 (87%) max: 97955 Points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 97%
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 416 avg: 421 median: 421 (88%) max: 426 Points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 98% 100%
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CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 2032 avg: 2042 median: 2041.5 (78%) max: 2051 Points
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 99% 100%
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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 91.8 avg: 92.3 median: 92.3 (17%) max: 92.7 Watt
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 100% 100%
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Intel Core i5-11500B
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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 Tooltip Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 Max: Ø91.8 (90.9-92.8)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 2023 M3 Max: Ø92.7 (90.7-94.2)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 3.81 avg: 5.2 median: 5.2 (3%) max: 6.49 Watt
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 102% 100%
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tooltip Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 Max: Ø3.81 (3.67-4.53)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 2023 M3 Max: Ø6.49 (6.3-7.06)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 4.63 avg: 6.3 median: 6.3 (7%) max: 7.91 Watt
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 104% 100%
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tooltip Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 Max: Ø4.63 (4.52-5.13)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 2023 M3 Max: Ø7.91 (7.5-8.65)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 35.1 avg: 35.9 median: 35.9 (27%) max: 36.7 Points per Watt
CPU TDP 41 W TDP 56 W 96% 100%
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