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Apple M4 Max (14-Core) vs M3 Max

89 out of 100
Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
VS
83 out of 100
Apple M3 Max
Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
Apple M3 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.51 GHz Apple M4 Max (14-Core) with 14-cores against the 4.05 GHz M3 Max with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Max and (14-Core)
Advantages of Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3996 vs 3227 points
Advantages of Apple M3 Max
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M4 Max (14-Core)
vs
M3 Max

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M4 Max (14-Core) +27%
181
M3 Max
142
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5133
Cinebench Scores (50th and 51st place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M4 Max (14-Core) +24%
3996
M3 Max
3227
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M4 Max (14-Core) +10%
23275
M3 Max
21167
File compression 2360 MB/sec 2190 MB/sec
Clang compilation 191.8 Klines/sec 198.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 604.5 pages/sec 557.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 588.1 Mpixels/sec 648.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 375.9 pages/sec 309.1 pages/sec
Background blur 86.9 images/sec 68.9 images/sec
Photo processing 216.8 images/sec 183.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.7 Mpixels/sec 30.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 678 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M4 Max (14-Core)
4637
M3 Max +3%
4780
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M4 Max (14-Core)
38387
M3 Max +7%
41211
Integer math 84.2 GOps/sec 91.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 85.8 GOps/sec 131.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 544M Primes/sec 573M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55M Strings/sec 61.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.1 GBytes/sec 24.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 491.5 MBytes/sec 530.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 5742 Frames/sec 4332 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.6B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 320 & 409 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 27.5 PPW 30.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 375.4 PPW 378 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 619.1 PPW 735.9 PPW
Blender / Watt - 7.21 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-28 (M4R7N)Geekbench 6 CPU3891 / 23147
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-02 (Joel)Cinebench 2024181 / 1702
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Apple M3 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-09-27 (JayZeppelin)Cinebench 2024142 / 1698
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-04-27 (Guest #1)Cinebench 2024141 / 1459
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M4 Max (14-Core) and M3 Max

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released October 30, 2024 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Apple M4 Apple M3
Model number T6041 -
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core) Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
Successor - Apple M5 Max (32-ัore GPU) - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 12
P-Threads 10 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.51 GHz 4.05 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.59 GHz 2.75 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 16
Total Threads 14 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 45x 40x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 92 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 62 W 56 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (7th and 15th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core) Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1578 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 4096 5120
TMUs 256 320
ROPs 128 160
Execution Units 512 640
TGP 51 W 60 W
iGPU FLOPS
M4 Max (14-Core)
12.9 TFLOPS
M3 Max +9%
14.1 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) compared to M4 Max GPU (32-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 24 32
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

PCI Express Version - 4.0

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Comments

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