Apple M4 Max (16-Core) specifications and performance
Apple M4 Max (16-Core) is a 16 cores and 16 threads CPU processor produced by Apple. Apple M4 Max (16-Core) was released on 2024-10-30, the fabrication process is 3nm (nanometer), the CPU codename is Apple M4, the instruction set architecture is ARMv9, and the CPU's integrated graphics (iGPU) is Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core).
| Vendor / Supplier | Apple |
|---|---|
| Short name | apple m4 max 16 core |
| Release date | 2024-10-30 |
| CPU code name | Apple M4 |
| Fabrication process | 3nm (nanometer) |
| Instruction set architecture | ARMv9 |
| Market | Laptop |
| Integrated Graphics (iGPU) | Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Total number of cores | 16 cores |
|---|---|
| Total number of threads | 16 threads |
| Number of performance cores | 12 cores |
| Number of performance core threads | 12 threads |
| Performance core base frequency / main frequency | 4.5GHz |
| Performance core maximum turbo frequency | |
| Number of energy efficiency cores | 4 cores |
| Number of energy-efficient core threads | 4 threads |
| Energy efficiency core basic frequency / main frequency | 2.6GHz |
| Energy efficiency core maximum turbo frequency |
| Bus frequency | |
|---|---|
| L1 Cache | |
| L2 Cache | |
| L3 Cache | |
| Unlock multiplier | No |
| Maximum supported memory | 128GB |
|---|---|
| Memory frequency support |
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| Maximum number of memory channels | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 546GB/s |
| ECC support | No |
| CPU Socket | Apple M-Socket |
|---|---|
| Default thermal design power / TDP PL1 | 70W |
| Maximum Turbo Power Consumption / TDP PL2 | |
| Maximum temperature | 100°C |
| PCIe interface | |
| PCIe lane count |
| Integrated Graphics (iGPU) | Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|
| Base frequency | 500MHz |
| Maximum acceleration frequency | 1800MHz |
| Number of execution units | 640 |
| Stream Processors / Shading Units | 5120 |
| Texture Units / TMUs | 320 |
| Raster Operations Units / ROPs | 160 |
| Total Graphics Power / TGP | 62W |
| FP32 computing performance |
18.4TFLOPS
|
| Single core performance score |
2281
|
|---|---|
| Multi-core performance score |
27399
|
| Single core performance score |
4503
|
|---|---|
| Multi-core performance score |
43221
|
| Integer math | |
| Floating point math | |
| Find prime numbers | |
| Random string sorting | |
| Data encryption | |
| Data compression | |
| Physics simulation | |
| Extended instruction test |
| Single core performance |
3986
|
|---|---|
| Multi-core performance |
26190
|
| File compression | 2680 MB/sec (megabits per second) |
| clang compilation | 219.7 Klines/sec (thousands lines per second) |
| HTML5 browsing | 699.3 pages/sec (pages per second) |
| PDF rendering | 771.1 Mpixels/sec (megapixels per second) |
| Text processing | 381.1 pages/sec (pages per second) |
| Background blur | 92.2 images/sec (images per second) |
| Photo processing | 236.2 images/sec (images per second) |
| Ray tracing | 36.1 Mpixels/sec (megapixels per second) |