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Apple M2 Max vs M1 Max

Apple M2 Max
VS
Apple M1 Max
Apple M2 Max
Apple M1 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Max with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz M1 Max with 10-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
M2 Max
85
M1 Max
77
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
M2 Max
59
M1 Max
49
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
M2 Max
98
M1 Max
94
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
M2 Max
79
M1 Max
71

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Max and Max
Advantages of Apple M2 Max
  • Newer - released 8-months later
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2009 vs 1785 points

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
M2 Max +9%
1666
M1 Max
1532
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
M2 Max +22%
15086
M1 Max
12381
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Max +8%
4140
M1 Max
3833
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M2 Max +18%
26213
M1 Max
22121
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
M2 Max +12%
2004
M1 Max
1783
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
M2 Max +20%
15030
M1 Max
12511
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Max and M1 Max

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released January 17, 2023 May 7, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set ARMv8 ARMv8
Codename Apple M2 Apple M1
Integrated GPU Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 2
E-Threads 4 2
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 12 10
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 67 billions 57 billions
Fabrication process 5 nm 5 nm
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
TDP 30 W 30 W

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 4864 4096
TMUs 304 256
ROPs 152 128
TGP 70 W 60 W
Max. Resolution 7680x4320 - 60 Hz 6016x3384 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Max
13.6 TFLOPS
M1 Max
10.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

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Total votes: 215

Сompetitors

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4. M2 Max and Ryzen 9 6900HX
5. M2 Max and Core i7 13700K
6. M1 Max and Core i9 12900K
7. M1 Max and M2 Pro
8. M1 Max and Apple M2
9. M1 Max and Ryzen 9 7950X
10. M1 Max and Core i7 13700K
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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 Max or M2 Max?
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