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Apple M4 Max vs Apple M4 Pro — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: On qwen3:32b, the Apple M4 Max generates 23.0 tokens/s (per LLMCheck) against 15.0 for the Apple M4 Pro (per LLMCheck), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Apple M4 Max and the Apple M4 Pro. Both released in 2024. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from NanoReview, CPU-Monkey, MacRumors Forums, Notebookcheck, Tom's Hardware, AppleInsider, Geekbench Browser and GSMArena; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkApple M4 MaxApple M4 Pro
Blender CPU (higher is better)
Source: NanoReview		 475 points—
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better)
Source: CPU-Monkey, MacRumors Forums, Notebookcheck, Tom's Hardware		 —1,713 points
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core (higher is better)
Source: NanoReview		 2,044 points—
Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —178 points
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core (higher is better)
Source: NanoReview		 187 points—
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, CPU-Monkey, AppleInsider		 27,595 points21,321 points
Cinebench R23 Multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —23,435 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 27,595 points—
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, AppleInsider		 2,209 points2,213 points
Cinebench R23 Single-Core (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 2,209 points—
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, Geekbench Browser, GSMArena, AppleInsider		 25,760 points22,527 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, Geekbench Browser		 26,675 points22,522 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Apple M4 Max

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Apple M4 Pro

All Apple M4 Pro AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:32b, the Apple M4 Max generates 23.0 tokens/s (per LLMCheck) against 15.0 for the Apple M4 Pro (per LLMCheck), best community run on file for each.

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