Apple’s latest M4 Mac lineup is making waves with its impressive Geekbench results, showcasing remarkable improvements in both single-core and multi-core performance. These enhancements mark a significant leap from the previous M3 chips, and tech enthusiasts are eagerly anticipating the unveiling of the M4 Ultra chips next year. Recent GPU benchmarks for the M4 Max chip are stirring excitement, revealing performance levels that rival, and even surpass, some of NVIDIA’s heavyweights like the RTX 4070 and RTX 3080 Ti.
In Blender’s rigorous testing environment, the M4 Max chip demonstrated its prowess by outperforming NVIDIA’s RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 4070. This is quite an achievement for a chip that’s positioned in the mid-to-high range within Apple’s Silicon hierarchy. While we’re all eager to see what the forthcoming M4 Ultra, with its rumored 80-core GPU, can do, the M4 Max is already setting a high bar.
The Blender Open Data benchmarks, which offer a more practical performance evaluation compared to Geekbench, place the M4 Max with an impressive score of 5,208. This puts it just behind NVIDIA’s powerful RTX 4080 but ahead of the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 4070. For those contemplating a MacBook Pro upgrade, these numbers are promising.
However, it’s crucial to recognize that the M4 Max GPU is built directly into the chip, unlike the bulkier RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 4070, which occupy substantial space within desktops. Although the M4 Max doesn’t reach the performance levels of the RTX 4090 laptops, which boast an average score of 6,863, it offers a noteworthy efficiency advantage by consuming significantly less power.
While the desktop RTX 4090 tops the charts with a score of 10,880, Apple enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to seeing if the highly anticipated M4 Ultra will shake up the status quo. With such promising advancements already demonstrated by the M4 Max, it’s clear that Apple is firmly in the race to redefine power and efficiency in the computing world.
