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The Apple M3 Max takes the lead in gaming due to its significantly higher iGPU score of 99, outperforming the Apple M1 Pro's 93.
The Apple M3 Max excels in creative workloads thanks to its higher multi-core score of 72, providing better performance for tasks that utilize multiple cores.
The Apple M1 Pro has a slight edge in power efficiency with a score of 74, but the difference is within a 5-point margin, making it a tie.
68 | Single-Core Performance | 91 |
35 | Multi-Core Performance | 72 |
74 | Power Efficiency | 80 |
93 | Integrated Graphics | 99 |
59 | QucikComparison Final Score | 84 |
| 10 | Cores | 16 |
| 30 W | TDP | 56 W |
| 5 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 109 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 142 |
| 796 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1698 |
| 2328 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 3227 |
| 10305 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 21167 |
| 1230 MB/sec | File compression | 2190 MB/sec |
| 82.4 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 198.5 Klines/sec |
| 249.1 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 557.3 pages/sec |
| 271.3 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 648.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 246.4 pages/sec | Text processing | 309.1 pages/sec |
| 36.9 images/sec | Background blur | 68.9 images/sec |
| 102.5 images/sec | Photo processing | 183.5 images/sec |
| 10.7 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 30.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 3795 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4790 |
| 21923 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 41259 |
| 45.7 GOps/sec | Integer math | 91.3 GOps/sec |
| 64.1 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 131.7 GOps/sec |
| 271M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 574M Primes/sec |
| 32.5M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 61.8M Strings/sec |
| 12.2 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 24.8 GBytes/sec |
| 272.6 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 532.1 MBytes/sec |
| 2683 Frames/sec | Physics | 4316 Frames/sec |
| 12.5B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 24.2B Matrices/sec |
| 186.87 | Blender CPU | 403.83 |
| 26.5 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 30.3 PPW |
| 343.5 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 378 PPW |
| 730.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 736.8 PPW |
| 6.23 PPW | Blender / Watt | 7.21 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 8 | P-Cores | 12 |
| 8 | P-Threads | 12 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 4.05 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 2 | E-Cores | 4 |
| 2 | E-Threads | 4 |
| 2.1 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 2.75 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 10 | Total Cores | 16 |
| 10 | Total Threads | 16 |
| — | Multiplier | 40x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| 24MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) | Integrated Graphics | Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) |
| 1296 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1380 MHz |
| 2048 | Shading Units | 5120 |
| 128 | TMUs | 320 |
| 64 | ROPs | 160 |
| 256 | Execution Units | 640 |
| 5.3 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 14.1 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| 32 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 2 | Memory Channels | 32 |
| 204.8 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Apple |
| October 18, 2021 | Released | October 30, 2023 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | ARMv8 |
| Apple M1 | Codename | Apple M3 |
| — | Model number | — |
| Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) | Integrated GPU | Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 33.7 billions | Transistors | 92 billions |
| 5 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 30 W | TDP (PL1) | 56 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| — | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
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