Apple · ARM64
Apple M2 Max: specs, benchmarks and comparison
Apple Silicon system on a chip. CPU: 12 cores. Integrated graphics: 30 / 38 cores. Unified memory: up to 96 GB.
- 12 cores
- Render rank
- 43 of 89
- among models tested in Blender Benchmark 4.5.0 · 36% of the leader
- Release
- 2023
Performance
Rank among models tested in the same benchmark on the same render backend.
Blender Benchmark 4.5.0
CPU, sum of scenes monster + junkshop + classroom
261 samples/min
higher is better
Rank 43 of 89 tested36% of the leader
261
0200400600800
Nearest models in this benchmark
Median of 34 runs · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026
Other benchmark versions (15)
| Benchmark | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Blender Benchmark 5.3.0 | 215 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 5.2.0 | 245 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 5.1.1 | 252 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 5.1.0 | 256 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 5.0.0 | 244 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 4.4.0 | 256 samples/min | 38 of 72 |
| Blender Benchmark 4.3.0 | 252 samples/min | 39 of 80 |
| Blender Benchmark 4.2.0 | 252 samples/min | 39 of 84 |
| Blender Benchmark 4.1.0 | 249 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 4.0.0 | 255 samples/min | 26 of 65 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.6.0 | 254 samples/min | 20 of 52 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.5.0 | 253 samples/min | 17 of 40 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.4.0 | 254 samples/min | 13 of 36 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.3.0 | 264 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 3.2.1 | 245 samples/min · small sample | — |
Each benchmark version has its own scale; results from different versions are not compared.
Specifications
Cores and clocks
- Cores
- 12 (8P + 4E)
Platform
- Process node
- 5 nm
Memory and interfaces
- Memory type
- Unified memory
- Max memory capacity
- 96 GB
- Integrated graphics
- Apple M2 Max (30 / 38-core GPU)
CPU variants: 12 cores. The median for the line includes different CPU configurations if the chip has several variants. Memory capacity depends on the Mac configuration.
Specifications: Apple, checked November 14, 2026.