Apple M2 Pro vs M1 Max
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro 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.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2003 vs 1785 points
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
- Around 204.8 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
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 Pro GPU (19-core) | Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | 2 |
| E-Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| 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 | 40 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 Pro GPU (19-core) | Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 1296 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2432 | 4096 |
| TMUs | 152 | 256 |
| ROPs | 76 | 128 |
| TGP | 35 W | 60 W |
| Max. Resolution | 7680x4320 - 60 Hz | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR5-6400 |
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 4 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | 409.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | - |
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