Apple M2 Max 12-Core CPU Showcases up to a 20% Performance Jump Over the M1 Max In Leaked Benchmarks
The Apple M2 Max CPU will be targeted at the next-gen of Macbooks and offer more performance per core and performance per watt than the existing M1 Max chips. The CPUs targeted at the high-end space will not be the best in Apple’s lineup since that spot will still be held by Apple’s M2 Ultra CPUs that would launch later in 2023. As for the specifications, the Apple M2 Max CPU will offer a total of 12 cores, an increase of 2 cores, versus the M1 Max, which maxed out at 10 cores. We can’t say for sure what the exact performance and efficiency core configuration would be yet. The CPU ran at a base frequency of 3.54 GHz & was equipped with 4 MB of L2 cache. There was also 96 GB of onboard memory on the specific Mac. As for the max clock speeds, the chip peaked out at around 3.7 GHz, as reported by the Geekbench log (here). When it comes to performance, the Apple M2 Max CPU scored 1889 points in single-core & 14586 points in multi-core tests. For comparison, the Apple M1 Max scores around 1750 points in single-core and 12,200 points in multi-core tests. This gives us up to a 10% single-threaded & a 20% multi-threaded performance increase over the previous generation CPU, which is a nice gain. Obviously, this being an early leak would mean that there’s still room for improvement, and we can see a few percentile increases in the final benchmarks as we get closer to launch. When compared to some modern CPUs such as Intel’s Core i9-13900K ‘Raptor Lake’ and AMD’s Ryzen 7000 ‘Zen 4’, the Apple M2 Max gets crushed in both single and multi-threaded numbers since those desktop CPUs offer over 2000 points in single-core and over 20,000 points in multi-threaded benchmarks. Apple will most likely flaunt its efficiency figures against these chips, while the M2 Ultra will try to get as close as possible to modern-day x86 parts. News Source: Benchleaks
