Apple M4 Max vs Apple M4 Pro — Specs & Performance Compared
Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Apple M4 Max vs Apple M4 Pro. All released in 2024. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.
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2024
Full Apple M4 Max benchmarks →
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Apple M4 Pro
2024
Full Apple M4 Pro benchmarks →
*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Last updated 2026-05-27. Price and availability subject to change.
Synthetic benchmarks
Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.
| Benchmark | Apple M4 Max | Apple M4 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Blender CPU | 475 points | — |
| Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core | 2,044 points | — |
| Cinebench 2024 Single-Core | 187 points | — |
| Cinebench R23 Multi | — | 23,435 pts |
| Cinebench R23 Multi-Core | 27,595 points | — |
| Cinebench R23 Single-Core | 2,209 points | — |
| Geekbench 6 Multi-Core | 26,675 points | 22,522 pts |
| Geekbench 6 Multi-Core (avg) | 25,724 points | — |
| Geekbench 6 Single-Core | 4,060 points | 3,878 pts |
| Geekbench 6 Single-Core (avg) | 3,916 points | — |
| PassMark CPU Mark | 44,002 points | 38,028 pts |
| PassMark CPU Single-Thread | 4,591 points | — |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.
Apple M4 Max
- llama3.1:8b: 1000.0 tok/s
- Llama 3 8B: 64.0 tok/s
- Mistral 7B: 55.0 tok/s
Apple M4 Pro
- llama3:8b: 440.0 tok/s
- deepseekr1:32b: 100.0 tok/s
- qwen3:0.6b: 47.1 tok/s