The Apple M1 Max is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2021 MacBook Pro 14 and 16-inch models. It offers all 10 cores available in the chip divided in eight performance cores (P-cores with 600 - 3220 MHz) and two power-efficiency cores (E-cores with 600 - 2064 MHz). There is no Turbo Boost for single cores or short burst periods. The cores are similar to the cores in the Apple M1.
The big cores (codename Firestorm) offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 24 MB shared L2 cache (up from 12 MB in the M1). The four efficiency cores (codename Icestorm) are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. CPU and GPU can both use the 48 MB SLC (System Level Cache). The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with 600 - 2064 MHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with 600 - 3228 MHz.
The unified memory (32 or 64 GB LPDDR5-6400) next to the chip is connected by a 512 bit memory controller (200 GB/s bandwidth) and can be used by the GPU and CPU. This is the main difference to the M1 Pro and the CPU performance is quite similar.
The biggest difference to the M1 Pro is the bigger integrated GPU with 24 or 32 cores (up from 16).
Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine, a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders (including two ProRes engines).
The M1 Pro is manufactured in 5 nm at TSMC and integrates 57 billion transistors. The peak power consumption of the chip was advertised around 30W for CPU intensive tasks.
| Series | Apple M1 | ||||||||||||||||
Series: M1
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| Clock Rate | 2060 - 3220 MHz | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 Cache | 2.9 MB | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 2 Cache | 28 MB | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 3 Cache | 48 MB | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of Cores / Threads | 10 / 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transistor Count | 57000 Million | ||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing Technology | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||
| Features | ARMv8 Instruction Set | ||||||||||||||||
| GPU | Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU | ||||||||||||||||
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support | ||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | ARM | ||||||||||||||||
| Announcement Date | 10/18/2021 | ||||||||||||||||
- Average benchmark values
Apple MacBook Pro 14 2021 M1 Max 24-Core GPU: Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU, 14.20", 1.6 kg
External Review » Apple MacBook Pro 14 2021 M1 Max 24-Core GPU
Apple MacBook Pro 16 2021 M1 Max: Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU, 16.20", 2.2 kg
External Review » Apple MacBook Pro 16 2021 M1 Max
Apple MacBook Pro 14 2021 M1 Max 24-Core GPU: Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU, 14.20", 1.6 kg
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Apple MacBook Pro 16 2021 M1 Max: Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU, 16.20", 2.2 kg
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