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Apple M3 Max (16-core)
The chip that made desktop-class rendering portable: 12 performance cores and a 40-core ray-tracing GPU let the 2023 MacBook Pro finish jobs on battery that tower workstations once owned, a year before M4 raised the bar.
Pros
- Workstation-class multi-core in a 14-inch chassis
- 40-core GPU with hardware ray tracing
- Up to 128GB unified memory at 400GB/s
- Sustains full performance on battery
- Dual ProRes engines accelerate video work
Cons
- Locked to expensive MacBook Pro configurations
- No memory or storage upgrades after purchase
- Superseded by M4 Max within a year
Very good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple M3 Max (16-core)
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 3 nm
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 16
- Performance cores
- 12
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 16
- Boost clock
- 4.1 GHz
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Apple 40-core GPU
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5-6400
- Max memory
- 128 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 3,130
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 21,200
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,950
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 24,200
Quick answers
Is the Apple M3 Max (16-core) good in 2026?
The Apple M3 Max (16-core) earns an Inno Score of 71.9/100 (“Very good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The chip that made desktop-class rendering portable: 12 performance cores and a 40-core ray-tracing GPU let the 2023 MacBook Pro finish jobs on battery that tower workstations once owned, a year before M4 raised the bar.
What are the key specs of the Apple M3 Max (16-core)?
Cores: 16 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 4.1 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple M3 Max (16-core)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Apple M4 Pro (14-core), AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
