Apple M3 Pro vs Apple M1 Max

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Apple M3 Pro Apple M1 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and Apple M1 Max with 10 cores 2.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Pro's Advantages

Released 1 years and 5 months late

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.0GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)

Apple M1 Max's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 153.6GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +30%

1996

Apple M1 Max

1534

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +22%

15160

Apple M1 Max

12414

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +30%

3155

Apple M1 Max

2410

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +20%

15057

Apple M1 Max

12480

Blender

Apple M3 Pro +20%

261

Apple M1 Max

216

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +24%

4790

Apple M1 Max

3833

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +21%

26949

Apple M1 Max

22121

Apple M3 Pro

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Apple M1 Max

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

May 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Apple M3

Core Architecture

-

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Package

37 billions

Transistor Count

57 billions

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Apple M-Socket

30 W

Power Consumption

30 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

10

6

Performance Core Threads

10

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.0 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

-

6

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

10

40x

Multiplier

-

192K per core

L1 Cache

192K per core

16MB shared

L2 Cache

24MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

36GB

Max Memory Size

64GB

3

Max Memory Channels

8

153.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

409.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

True

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

450 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1296 MHz

2304

Shader Units

4096

144

Texture Units

256

72

Raster Operation Units

128

288

Execution Units

-

Power Consumption

60 W

-

Max Resolution

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

7.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

10.4 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

4.0

PCIe Version

-

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