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
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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
- Newer - released 8-months later
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2674 vs 2410 points
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
- Around 204.8 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Promotion
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1480 MB/sec | 1500 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 98.8 Klines/sec | 106.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 292.7 pages/sec | 325.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 316.7 Mpixels/sec | 324.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 263.2 pages/sec | 251.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 47.1 images/sec | 41.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 112.8 images/sec | 116 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 14.4 Mpixels/sec | 15.3 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 58.5 GOps/sec | 46.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 74.4 GOps/sec | 65 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 362M Primes/sec | 281M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 42.1M Strings/sec | 33.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.9 GBytes/sec | 12.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 340.3 MBytes/sec | 276.7 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3657 Frames/sec | 2838 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 12.2B Matrices/sec | 11.7B Matrices/sec |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and M1 MaxGeneral
| 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 |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 30 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
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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