Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) vs Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU). Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Apple M series Apple M series
• CPU group
  Apple M1 Apple M1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 1

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  10 / 10 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  8x Firestorm 6x Firestorm
• B-Core
  2x Icestorm 2x Icestorm
• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 3.20 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Apple M1 Max (24 Core) Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)
• GPU frequency
  1.30 GHz 1.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  384 224
• Shader
  3072 1792
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  1 1
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q3/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) and Apple M1 Max (24-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  30 W 30 W
• TDP up
  60 W 40 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) and Apple M1 Max (24-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  28.00 MB 24.00 MB
• Architecture
  M1 M1
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  APL 1104 APL 1103