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Apple M4 Max (14-Core) vs M1 Max

89 out of 100
Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
VS
61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
Apple M1 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.51 GHz Apple M4 Max (14-Core) with 14-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
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 Max and (14-Core)
Advantages of Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
  • Newer - released 3 years and 1 month later
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • 64% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3996 vs 2431 points
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 12.9 vs 10.6 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M4 Max (14-Core)
vs
M1 Max

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M4 Max (14-Core) +63%
181
M1 Max
111
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M4 Max (14-Core) +116%
1702
M1 Max
789
Cinebench Scores (#50th place)
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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)
M4 Max (14-Core) +64%
3996
M1 Max
2431
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M4 Max (14-Core) +84%
23275
M1 Max
12673
File compression 2360 MB/sec 1450 MB/sec
Clang compilation 191.8 Klines/sec 105.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 604.5 pages/sec 329.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 588.1 Mpixels/sec 317 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 375.9 pages/sec 249.6 pages/sec
Background blur 86.9 images/sec 42.2 images/sec
Photo processing 216.8 images/sec 122.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.7 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 447 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M4 Max (14-Core) +21%
4637
M1 Max
3831
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M4 Max (14-Core) +73%
38387
M1 Max
22162
Integer math 84.2 GOps/sec 46.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 85.8 GOps/sec 64.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 544M Primes/sec 278M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.1 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 491.5 MBytes/sec 274.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 5742 Frames/sec 2833 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.6B Matrices/sec 12.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 320 & 2398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 27.5 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 375.4 PPW 253.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 619.1 PPW 443.2 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.98 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 M4 Max (14-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-28 (M4R7N)Geekbench 6 CPU3891 / 23147
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-02 (Joel)Cinebench 2024181 / 1702
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Apple M1 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-04 (Daniel)Geekbench 6 CPU2459 / 13052
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M4 Max (14-Core) and M1 Max

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released October 30, 2024 October 18, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Apple M4 Apple M1
Model number T6041 -
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core) Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
Successor - Apple M5 Max (32-ัore GPU) - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 8
P-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.51 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 2
E-Threads 4 2
Base Frequency (E) 2.59 GHz 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 14 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 45x -
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 57 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 62 W 50 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC -
Laptop processors ranking (7th and 95th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core) Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1578 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 4096 4096
TMUs 256 256
ROPs 128 128
Execution Units 512 512
TGP 51 W -
iGPU FLOPS
M4 Max (14-Core) +22%
12.9 TFLOPS
M1 Max
10.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) compared to M4 Max GPU (32-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 24 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

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Total votes: 119

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Comments

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