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Apple M4 Max (16-core)
Apple's laptop performance king: 12 performance cores and a 40-core GPU deliver workstation-class rendering and ML throughput at power draws x86 rivals cannot touch.
Pros
- Class-leading single-core and multi-core performance
- Exceptional performance per watt
- Up to 128GB unified memory with 546GB/s bandwidth
- 40-core GPU with hardware ray tracing
- Powerful media engines for ProRes and AV1
- Near-silent sustained performance in MacBook Pro
Cons
- Only available in expensive MacBook Pro configurations
- No discrete or external GPU option
- Memory and storage fixed at purchase
- macOS gaming library still limited
Excellent
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple M4 Max (16-core)
General
- Announced
- 2024
- Process
- 3 nm
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 16
- Performance cores
- 12
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 16
- Boost clock
- 4.5 GHz
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Apple 40-core GPU
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-8533
- Max memory
- 128 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 4,020Top 7%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 26,300Top 4%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 2,230Top 5%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 28,100Top 10%
- PassMark
- 43,917Top 11%
Quick answers
Is the Apple M4 Max (16-core) good in 2026?
The Apple M4 Max (16-core) earns an Inno Score of 81.1/100 (“Excellent”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Apple's laptop performance king: 12 performance cores and a 40-core GPU deliver workstation-class rendering and ML throughput at power draws x86 rivals cannot touch.
Does the Apple M4 Max (16-core) count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 43,917 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. It is an Arm-based chip, so a requirement that asks specifically for an Intel or AMD (x86-64) processor excludes it. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Apple M4 Max (16-core)?
Cores: 16 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 4.5 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple M4 Max (16-core)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, Apple M6 (12-core), AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
