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Apple M1 Max vs Apple M1 Pro

Apple M1 Max

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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. 

Apple M1 Pro

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The Apple M1 Pro 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 entry level model offers only 8 cores.

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 24 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 (16 or 32 GB LPDDR5-6400) next to the chip is connected by a 256 bit memory controller (200 GB/s bandwidth) and can be used by the GPU and CPU.

The integrated graphics card in the M1 Pro offers all 16 cores.

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 ProRes).

The M1 Pro is manufactured in 5 nm at TSMC and integrates 33.7 billion transistors. The peak power consumption of the chip was advertised around 30W for CPU intensive tasks. In the Prime95 benchmark the chip uses in our tests (with a MBP16) 33.6W package power and 31W for the CPU part. In idle the SoC only reports 1W package power.

ModelApple M1 MaxApple M1 Pro
SeriesApple M1Apple M1
Series: M1
Apple M1 Max « 2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores48 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core compare2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores16 MB L3
Apple M1 compare2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Apple M1 Max2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores48 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro « 2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core compare2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores16 MB L3
Apple M1 compare2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Clock2060 - 3220 MHz2064 - 3220 MHz
L1 Cache2.9 MB2.9 MB
L2 Cache28 MB28 MB
L3 Cache48 MB24 MB
Cores / Threads10 / 1010 / 10
Transistors57000 Million33700 Million
Technology5 nm5 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction SetARMv8 Instruction Set
iGPUApple M1 Max 32-Core GPUApple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
112 Points (63%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
824 Points (15%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 12385     avg: 12389     median: 12386 (12%)     max: 12396 Points
12370 Points (11%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1530     avg: 1533     median: 1533 (65%)     max: 1536 Points
1534 Points (65%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 390     avg: 393.3     median: 395 (44%)     max: 395 Points
393 Points (44%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 2735     avg: 2746     median: 2750 (7%)     max: 2753 Points
2721 Points (7%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1689     avg: 1691     median: 1691 (11%)     max: 1693 Points
1690 Points (11%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 197     avg: 202.3     median: 200 (56%)     max: 210 Points
209 Points (59%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 187     avg: 188.7     median: 189 (1%)     max: 190 Seconds
183.3 Seconds (1%)
Geekbench 6.3 - Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
2409 Points (61%)
Geekbench 6.3 - Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
12440 Points (48%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1764     avg: 1780     median: 1782 (70%)     max: 1795 Points
1768 Points (69%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 12563     avg: 12656     median: 12697 (23%)     max: 12708 Points
12499 Points (22%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 404.3     avg: 459.2     median: 482.3 (1%)     max: 491.1 ms
405.4 ms (0%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
75.6 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 66938     avg: 68647     median: 68029 (57%)     max: 70973 Points
66203 Points (55%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 350     avg: 358.7     median: 360 (66%)     max: 366 Points
342 Points (63%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1586     avg: 1607     median: 1615 (62%)     max: 1621 Points
1556 Points (60%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 Max +
50.8 Watt (9%)
122%
1 M1 Pro +
41.5 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 Max +
53 Watt (10%)
110%
1 M1 Pro +
48.3 Watt (9%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
19.9 Watt (9%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 Max +
11.6 Watt (8%)
180%
1 M1 Pro +
6.4 Watt (4%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
9.9 Watt (11%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 M1 Max +
31.9 Points per Watt (24%)
110%
1 M1 Pro +
35 Points per Watt (26%)

Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Max → 100% n=13

Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Pro → 101% n=13

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