M4 Max Outperforms Intel and AMD CPUs in Benchmarks

Apple's M4 Max chip has shown impressive benchmark results, outperforming the Intel Ultra 9 285K and AMD Ryzen 9950X .

Apple's new M4 Pro and M4 Max chips have demonstrated remarkable performance in recent benchmarks, surpassing both Intel and AMD counterparts. YouTuber Vadim Yuryev from Max Tech compared the M4 chips to the Intel Ultra 9 285K and AMD Ryzen 9950X, showcasing Apple's advancements in CPU and GPU performance.

M4 Max Outperforms Intel and AMD CPUs in Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Results

The M4 Pro, clocked at 4.5 GHz, outperformed the 5.7 GHz Intel Ultra 9 285K and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X in single-core tests. In multi-core performance, the 14-core M4 Pro nearly matched the 24-core Intel chip and significantly outscored the 16-core AMD chip.

The M4 Max, also clocked at 4.51 GHz, exceeded 4000 points in single-core benchmarks and achieved a substantial lead in multi-core performance, despite having fewer cores than the Intel competitor.

Chip Single-Core Score Multi-Core Score
M4 Max 4000+ 26675
M4 Pro 3925 22669
Intel Ultra 9 285K 3450 23024
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 3359 20550
M4 Pro M4 Pro M4 Max M4 Max

Graphics Performance

The M4 Max with its 40-core GPU showed performance nearly equivalent to the M2 Ultra with a 76-core GPU, and significantly outperformed the M3 Max, despite having the same number of GPU cores.

Chip GPU Cores Graphics Score
M4 Max 40 192532
M2 Ultra 76 ~221000
M3 Max 40 154000
M4 Pro 20 111119
M4 Max	Gpu

Apple's M4 chips demonstrate impressive performance gains. It remains to be seen how the upcoming M4 Ultra will perform in the Mac Studio and Mac Pro.

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