Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) vs Apple M3 Max
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Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro (14-Core), vs Apple M3 Max. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 84.6 GOps/s | 91.5 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 86.2 GOps/s | 131.9 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 533 M primes/s | 575 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 55.8 M strings/s | 62 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 23.2 GB/s | 24.9 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 493 MB/s | 533.1 MB/s |
| Physics | 5216 frames/s | 4284 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 261 M matrices/s | 239 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 2250 MB/s | 2190 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 187.5 KLines/s | 198.5 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 586.6 pages/s | 557.3 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 624.4 MP/sec | 648.9 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 367.3 pages/s | 309.1 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 86.9 frames/s | 68.9 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 200.3 frames/s | 183.5 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 30.5 MP/sec | 30.6 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 492.2 PPW | 378 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 833.5 PPW | 736.2 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 37.6 PPW | 30.1 PPW |
| Blender / W | n/a | 7.21 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | Apple | Apple |
| Announced | October, 29, 2024 | October, 30, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop use | Laptop use |
| Architecture | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Apple M3 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 GPU (20-core) | Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core) |
Processor
| Cores | 10 | 12 |
| Threads | 10 | 12 |
| Frequency | 4.52 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2.59 GHz | 2.75 GHz |
| Cores count | 14 | 16 |
| Threads count | 14 | 16 |
| Multiplier | 45x | 40x |
| L1 cache | 192 KB/core | 192 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 16 KB/core | 32 KB/core |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistor count | n/a | 92 billion |
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 46 W | 56 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Critical temp. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X-8533 | LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Channels | 4 | 8 |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Max memory bandwidth | 273 GB | 409.6 GB |
Other
| PCIe Version | n/a | 4.0 |
Results
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