Apple M2 Max vs A18 Pro (MacBook)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Max with 12-cores against the 2 GHz A18 Pro (MacBook) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Max
- Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
- Around 349.6 GB/s (583%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) integrated graphics: 13.6 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
- Has 6 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
- Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
- More modern manufacturing process โ 3 versus 5 nanometers
- 34% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3615 vs 2695 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#148th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1690 MB/sec | 1050 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 131.8 Klines/sec | 58.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 368.6 pages/sec | 201.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 382.1 Mpixels/sec | 214.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 272.7 pages/sec | 318.8 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 54.1 images/sec | 41 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 149.6 images/sec | 91.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17 Mpixels/sec | 9.18 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 57.7 GOps/sec | 37.5 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 73.4 GOps/sec | 25.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 359M Primes/sec | 132M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 41.1M Strings/sec | 17.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.7 GBytes/sec | 8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 335.2 MBytes/sec | 133.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3849 Frames/sec | 1380 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.7B Matrices/sec | 6.5B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 20.4 PPW | 70.2 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 297.8 PPW | 922.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 536.9 PPW | 1281.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 5.06 PPW | 7.1 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M2 Max
No benchmark results yet
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-10-03 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3006 / 7807 |
| ๐ 2026-06-03 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3505 / 8840 |
| ๐ 2026-04-24 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3505 / 8840 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 Max and A18 Pro (MacBook)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | January 17, 2023 | September 9, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Apple M4 |
| Model number | - | APL1V07 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) | Apple A18 Pro GPU |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU) | - |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 2 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.05 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 2.42 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Multiplier | 35x | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 67 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 50 W | 10 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Custom |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | - |
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iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) | Apple A18 Pro GPU |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4864 | 768 |
| TMUs | 304 | 40 |
| ROPs | 152 | - |
| Execution Units | 608 | 128 |
| TGP | 70 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - LPDDR5x-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 60 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | - |
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