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Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) vs Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)

Last updated: 2026-05-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 92 %

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 66 %

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

113 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

121 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

628 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,025 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

1,534 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,695 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

9,569 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,855 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

2,397

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

10,412

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,207

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

1,768

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

9,996

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

15,506

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)

4,580

Apple M2 Max (38 Core)

13,490

AI performance (NPU)

8C / 8T · 0.60 GHz

11.0 TOPS

12C / 12T · 0.66 GHz

15.8 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
Family	Apple M series (38)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Apple M1 (9)	Apple M2 (8)
Architecture	M1	M2
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket
Predecessor		Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	12 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz	8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	2x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache	24.00 MB	36.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
GPU name	Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)	Apple M2 Max (38 Core)
GPU frequency	0.39 - 1.30 GHz	0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	224 / 1792	608 / 4864
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	5
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	96 GB
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2021	Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	96 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0	4.0 x 32
PCIe Bandwidth		63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
TDP	35 W	40 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	macOS	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q3/2021	Q1/2023
Release price
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★