Apple M1 Pro

Apple M1 Pro
  • Cores: 10
  • TDP: 30 W
  • Transistor size: 5 nm
M1 Pro - laptop processor produced by Apple for socket Apple M-Socket that has 10 cores and 10 threads. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 3200 MHz. Please note that this chip has integrated graphics Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core).

Review

Single-Core Performance
68
Multi-Core Performance
35
Power Efficiency
72
Integrated Graphics
93
NanoReview Final Score
58
Compare Apple M1 Pro with other CPUs

Test in Benchmarks

Performance test of Apple M1 Pro in benchmarks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
109
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
796
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 444
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3334

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2328
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10305
File compression 1230 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 249.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 271.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246.4 pages/sec
Background blur 36.9 images/sec
Photo processing 102.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 593 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3795
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
21934
Integer math 45.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 272M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 272.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 2696 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 2437 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
186.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 343.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 731.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.23 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
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Geekbench 6 CPU2450 / 12944
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2026444 / 3334
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2024115 / 857
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (anon121434)Cinebench 202499 / 682
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (serhii)Cinebench 2024109 / 796
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (bfx)Geekbench 6 CPU2323 / 11925
πŸ“˜ 2023-09-20 (Root)Cinebench 2024106 / 775

Specifications

M1 Pro technical specifications

General

Vendor Apple
Released October 18, 2021
Type Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8
Codename Apple M1
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
Successor - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

CPU

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

Package

Transistors 33.7 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W
Socket Apple M-Socket

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz
Shading Units 2048
TMUs 128
ROPs 64
Execution Units 256
TGP 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
5.3 TFLOPS
See also: Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) – integrated graphics of this CPU

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB
Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s
ECC Support No

Misc

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Myk February 16, 2024 at 05:12 PM
This is proving to be a great processor that is aging quite well. I was thinking of upgrading, but it's still an excellent choice.
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