Apple M2 Max - CPU Specs

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Apple M2
Family
Apple M series
Generation
2
Name
Apple M2 Max
Predecessor
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Segment
Mobile
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
8x Avalanche
A-Core Frequency
3.5 GHz
B-Core
4x Blizzard
B-Core Frequency
2.8 GHz
Core architecture
hybrid (big.LITTLE)
CPU Cores
12
CPU Threads
12
Hyperthreading / SMT
No
Overclocking
No

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
—
Execution units
512
Generation
2
GPU Frequency
1400 MHz
GPU name
Apple M2 Max (32 Core)
GPU Turbo
No turbo
Max. displays
2
Max. GPU Memory
32 GB
Release date
Q4/2022
Shader
4096
Technology
5 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
64 GB
Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
Memory channels
2 (Dual Channel)
Memory type
LPDDR5-6400
PCIe
4.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
100 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
45 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
M2
Chip design
Chiplet
Documents
—
Instruction set (ISA)
ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
L2-Cache
36 MB
L3-Cache
—
Operating systems
macOS, iPadOS
Part Number
—
Release date
Q2/2022
Release price
—
Socket
—
Technology
5 nm
Virtualization
Apple Virtualization Framework

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple M2 Max CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

37 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

68 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

47 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

41 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

6 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Published results: 8

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	Apple M2 Max
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / macOS	254.020312 samples/min Submissions: 65
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / macOS	248.975534 samples/min Submissions: 19
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / macOS	250.486086 samples/min Submissions: 45
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / macOS	251.735668 samples/min Submissions: 35
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / macOS	256.002466 samples/min Submissions: 29
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / macOS	260.614786 samples/min Submissions: 37
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / macOS	252.073585 samples/min Submissions: 6
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / macOS	244.081357 samples/min Submissions: 11

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Apple M2 Max with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1695

Apple M2 Max

1712

Intel Core i5-13400F

1712

Intel Core i5-13400

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

15248

Apple M2 Max

15603

Intel Core i5-13400F

15603

Intel Core i5-13400

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1874

Apple M2 Max

1878

Intel Core i9-11900K

1878

Intel Core i9-11900KB

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

15506

Apple M2 Max

15711

Intel Core i9-12950HX

15679

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX

All the benchmark results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

11360 GFLOPS

Apple M2 Max

21200 GFLOPS

Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)

15900 GFLOPS

Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark