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Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) vs Apple M4 (8-CPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 84 %
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
Rank 2 - 80 %
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
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 M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
175 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 M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
742 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 M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
2,125 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 M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.91 GHz
9,980 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 M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
3,767
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 M4 (8-CPU)
Apple M4 (8 Core)
3,408
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 0.70 GHz
35.0 TOPS
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.91 GHz
38.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M4 (8-CPU)
FamilyApple M series (38)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupApple M3 (6)Apple M4 (7)
ArchitectureM3M4
Technology3 nm3 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)Apple M3
SuccessorApple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M4 (8-CPU)
CPU Cores / Threads11 / 118 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 5x Lobos P-Core
0.70 - 4.06 GHz
4x Donan P-Core
0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Lobos E-Core
0.74 - 2.75 GHz
4x Donan E-Core
0.90 - 2.85 GHz
L2-Cache36.00 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M4 (8-CPU)
GPU nameApple M3 Pro (14 Core)Apple M4 (8 Core)
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.40 GHz0.34 - 1.58 GHz
CUs / Shader224 / 1792128 / 1024
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory36 GB24 GB
Technology3 nm3 nm
Release dateQ4/2023Q4/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M4 (8-CPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M4 (8-CPU)
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (153.6 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory36 GB24 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.04.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M4 (8-CPU)
TDP35 W18 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down5 W
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-EmulationRosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release dateQ4/2023Q4/2024
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 M4 (8-CPU)
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

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