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Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) vs Max (14-Core)

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Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
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89 out of 100
Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
Apple M4 Max (14-Core)

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 4.51 GHz Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) against the 4.51 GHz Max (14-Core). 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 (7)

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 (14-Core) and (14-Core)
Advantages of Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • More powerful Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 12.9 vs 8.1 TFLOPS
  • Around 136.6 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

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

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6050 -
Cinebench Scores (53rd and 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 2250 MB/sec 2360 MB/sec
Clang compilation 187.5 Klines/sec 191.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 586.6 pages/sec 604.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 624.4 Mpixels/sec 588.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 367.3 pages/sec 375.9 pages/sec
Background blur 86.9 images/sec 86.9 images/sec
Photo processing 200.3 images/sec 216.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.5 Mpixels/sec 30.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 84 GOps/sec 84.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 85.5 GOps/sec 85.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 530M Primes/sec 544M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 54.9M Strings/sec 55M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23 GBytes/sec 23.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 487.6 MBytes/sec 491.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 5313 Frames/sec 5742 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 25.7B Matrices/sec 26.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 805 & 320 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 36.5 PPW 27.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 492.2 PPW 375.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 825.7 PPW 619.1 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 Pro (14-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-24 (TechWolf)Cinebench 2024171 / 1698
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-26 (cyw)Cinebench 2024172 / 1678
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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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Specifications

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

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released October 29, 2024 October 30, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Apple M4 Apple M4
Model number T6040 T6041
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (20-core) Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core)
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) - Apple M5 Max (32-ัore GPU)

CPU

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

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 46 W 62 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (8th and 7th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 GPU (20-core) Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1578 MHz 1578 MHz
Shading Units 2560 4096
TMUs 160 256
ROPs 80 128
Execution Units 320 512
TGP 26 W 51 W
iGPU FLOPS
M4 Pro (14-Core)
8.1 TFLOPS
M4 Max (14-Core) +59%
12.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core) compared to Pro GPU (20-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 16 24
Max. Memory Bandwidth 273 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

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Choose between two processors
172 (65.9%)
89 (34.1%)
Total votes: 261

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M4 Max (14-Core) or Pro (14-Core)?
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anonymous November 1, 2024 at 02:40 PM
I don't understand the +29% performance improvement for M4 max in cinebench R32. Where does that come from? Both cpus have the same number of performance and efficiency cores, both have the same frequencies for performance and efficiency cores. They are identical in terms of specifications as presented here. Then the questions remains where does the difference come from?
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Stefano November 5, 2024 at 08:36 AM
30 cores vs 20 cores
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anonymous November 8, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Stefano, I thought Cinenbench R32 was for rendering on cpu, to test cpu intensive tasks? Wasn't aware it also uses gpu in combination with cpu for the rendering.
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Wojtek November 23, 2024 at 10:19 AM
anonymous, If this test is CPU based, then 29% might exactly reflect higher memory bandwidth. A lot of cpu tasks are memory bounded while CPU is fast enough to handle higher input data.
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DR-2 November 23, 2025 at 08:54 AM
Wojtek, L2-cash x 2 + memory bandwidth
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asjdfasd November 1, 2024 at 02:15 AM
I thought m4 pro was 10p/4e?
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Serhii November 1, 2024 at 07:30 AM
Yes, specs updated. Thanks.
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