Apple MacBook Pro 16 2024 review - Enormous battery life and better performance of the M4 Pro
Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) | Apple M4 20-core GPU | 16.20" | 2.1 kg
The Apple M4 Pro GPU (20 cores) is an integrated graphics adapter designed by Apple that's built into the 14-core Apple M4 Pro SoC. It features 20 "cores" and has access to at least 24 GB of fast 273 GB/s LPDDR5x on-package RAM depending on the configuration. As is typical for graphics adapters released in 2024, it has hardware support for ray tracing as well as mesh shading and other modern technologies. It also supports external displays with resolutions as high as "8K" and it can HW-decode a few popular video codecs such as h.264, h.265 and AV1.
Performance
Its gaming performance is at least as good as that of the GTX 1660 Ti Laptop. Please keep in mind that very few games have been compiled specifically for Apple silicon Macs meaning most titles have to be run via emulation layers. Some of them are displayed with visual artefacts as a result, or don't start at all.
Power consumption
When under heavy CPU and GPU load, the iGPU portion of the 14-core M4 Pro consumes just slightly over 30 W according to monitoring software. With no load, it makes do with as little as 1 W to 3 W.
Just like the rest of the Apple M4 Pro chip, the integrated graphics adapter is manufactured on a "second generation 3 nm" TSMC process which is still cutting-edge as of late 2024.
Apple M4 Series
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Pipelines | 20 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||
Raytracing Cores | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 8533 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | LPDDR5x-8533 | ||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bandwidth | 273 GB/s | ||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 45 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||
technology | 3 nm | ||||||||||||||||||
Displays | 3 Displays (max.) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 30.10.2024 |
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The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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Total War Pharaoh | 65 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 49 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 Phantom Liberty | 50 | 48 | 45 | 40 | 25 | |
Baldur's Gate 3 | 91 | 78 | 64 | 62 | 43 | |
Total War: Three Kingdoms | 186 | 108.4 | 76 | 55 | 35.6 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 181 | 110 | 100 | 87 | 57 | |
The Witcher 3 | 85 | 53 | ||||
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 2 | 2 3 | 2 4 | 4 2 | 1 4 | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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