Apple M2 Max
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Released
Q2/2022
Apple M2 Max

Processor Apple M2 Max, specifications and benchmarks

41 place in the overall ranking CPUs!
Apple M2 Max Processor is being reviewed, the release of which was held in Q2/2022. Here are all the Apple M2 Max’s specifications and performance estimation in benchmark. We offer to study all the data and compare it with a competing model. The base clock frequency of the model is 3.50 GHz, total of cores is 12 / 12. The CPU supports LPDDR5-6400 and is installed in the motherboard on Socket N/A. The TDP for CPU is 45 W.

Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

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
    36.00 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

Blender Open Data

Official median of community submissions; higher is better. Blender versions, operating systems and compute backends remain separate.

Snapshot date is the retrieval date, not the measurement date. Individual dates, RAM, drivers and power limits are unknown. This aggregates different user systems; it is not a test of a specific partner board and is excluded from the legacy composite index.

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

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.

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
1712
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
15603
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
1878
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.

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
15900 GFLOPS

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.

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*

PL1 is the sustained processor power limit; PL2 is the short-term turbo power limit. They are not measured performance or efficiency.

The values are used to select the optimal cooling system and power supply.

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