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Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) vs Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
Rank 2 - 79 %
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
Rank 2 - 93 %
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 4.06 GHz
555 pts
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
438 pts
Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 4.06 GHz
3,678 pts
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
3,135 pts
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 4.06 GHz
139 pts
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
112 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 4.06 GHz
876 pts
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
796 pts
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 4.06 GHz
1,889 pts
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
1,534 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 3.80 GHz
13,289 pts
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
12,402 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 4.06 GHz
3,125
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
2,397
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 3.80 GHz
13,755
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
12,439
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 4.06 GHz
2,305
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
1,783
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 3.80 GHz
13,255
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
12,693
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
Apple M3 Pro (14 Core)
4,970
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Apple M1 Max (32 Core)
10,600
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 0.70 GHz
35.0 TOPS
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 0.60 GHz
11.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
FamilyApple M series (38)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupApple M3 (6)Apple M1 (9)
ArchitectureM3M1
Technology3 nm5 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
SuccessorApple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU)Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads11 / 1110 / 10
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 5x Lobos P-Core
0.70 - 4.06 GHz
8x Firestorm
0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Lobos E-Core
0.74 - 2.75 GHz
2x Icestorm
0.60 - 2.06 GHz
L2-Cache36.00 MB28.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
GPU nameApple M3 Pro (14 Core)Apple M1 Max (32 Core)
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.40 GHz0.39 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader224 / 1792512 / 4096
Raytracing
Max. displays35
Max. GPU Memory36 GB32 GB
Technology3 nm5 nm
Release dateQ4/2023Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (153.6 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory36 GB64 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.04.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
TDP35 W45 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSmacOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-EmulationRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ4/2023Q3/2021
Release price
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Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C / 10T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

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Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
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