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Apple M1 Pro vs Apple M1

58 out of 100
Apple M1 Pro
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Apple M1 Pro
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M1 and Pro
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • Around 136.55 GB/s (200%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 11 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M1 Pro
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M1 Pro
109
Apple M1 +1%
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Pro +52%
796
Apple M1
525
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 444 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3334 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M1 Pro
2328
Apple M1 +4%
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M1 Pro +21%
10305
Apple M1
8547
File compression 1230 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.4 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 249.1 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 271.3 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246.4 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 36.9 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 102.5 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.7 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 593 & 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Pro +3%
3795
Apple M1
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M1 Pro +55%
21934
Apple M1
14123
Integer math 45.6 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 272M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.5M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 272.2 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 2696 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.6B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2437 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Pro +96%
186.87
Apple M1
95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 343.5 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 731.1 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.23 PPW 6.81 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M1 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Geekbench 6 CPU2450 / 12944
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2026444 / 3334
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2024115 / 857
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (anon121434)Cinebench 202499 / 682
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (serhii)Cinebench 2024109 / 796
Add View all (7)
Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2273 / 7967
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M1 Pro and Apple M1

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released October 18, 2021 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 ARMv8
Codename Apple M1 Apple M1
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Apple M1 GPU
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 2 4
E-Threads 2 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 33.7 billions 16 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 14 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Laptop processors ranking (124th and 173rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 2048 1024
TMUs 128 64
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 256 128
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M1 Pro +104%
5.3 TFLOPS
Apple M1
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to Pro GPU (16-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

PCI Express Version - 4.0

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