Apple has just introduced new MacBook Pro laptops powered by the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips. Early reports suggest these new SoCs not only outperform their predecessors but also beat the fastest CPUs from Intel and AMD.
Last month, Apple launched a series of new Macs built on M4 chips (M4 Pro and M4 Max), including an upgraded iMac, a redesigned Mac Mini, and all-new MacBook Pro models with Thunderbolt 5 support. The M4 Pro has a 14-core CPU and a 20-core GPU, while the M4 Max comes with a 16-core CPU and a 40-core GPU.
Earlier, the company released the 7th-generation iPad Pro with the standard M4 chip, which has a 10-core CPU and a 10-core GPU.
In Geekbench 6 testing, the M4 Pro scored 3.925 points in the single-core benchmark, well ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K at 3.450 points and the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X at 3.359 points. That is even more impressive considering the M4 Pro runs at 4.5GHz, while the Intel and AMD chips can boost up to 5.7GHz.
In the multi-core test, the M4 Pro posted 22,669 points, slightly below the 285K's 23,024 points. Still, that is considerably higher than the 9950X's 20,183 points. Note that the M4 Pro has just 14 cores, while the Core Ultra 9 285K has 24 cores. The Ryzen 9 9950X has 16 cores and 32 threads.
As impressive as the M4 Pro's scores are, the M4 Max is faster still. It reached 4,060 points in the single-core test and as high as 26,675 points in the multi-core test, both far ahead of the 285K and the 9950X.
Although the early scores for the M4 Pro and M4 Max are impressive, keep in mind that Geekbench 6 is only a synthetic benchmark and does not necessarily reflect a processor's real-world performance. We will probably need to watch how the two M4 models do in applications such as Cinebench or Handbrake to gauge their actual performance.
Source: Techspot
