Apple launched the new M4 MacBook Pro models earlier this week, and the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips really surprised us with their performance ratio compared to older models and the competition. In a new comparison video, YouTuber Vadim Yuryev from Max Tech stacks the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips benchmarks against the Intel Ultra 9 285K and AMD Ryzen 9950X. It can be observed that Apple has managed to pull off a fantastic feat of engineering that delivers enhanced computational and graphical gains.
Apple’s M4 Pro and M4 Max chips outperform desktop-class Intel Ultra 9 285K and AMD Ryzen 9950X in single and multi-core benchmarks
In the initial Geekbench 6 results, the M4 Pro chip performed exceptionally well, beating the likes of Apple’s own older flagship processors. The SoC secured a single-core score of 3925 against the Intel Ultra 9 285K, which scored 3450, and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X with a 3359 score. We must note that both Intel and AMD chips are clocked at 5.7GHz, while the M4 Pro chip is clocked at 4.5GHz.
In terms of multi-core results, the 14-core M4 Pro chip also beats Apple’s M2 Ultra chip with a 22,669 core. It is only slightly lower than the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K chip, which features a multi-core score of 23,024, while the Ryzen 9 9950X rests at last with a score of 20,183. The M4 Pro chip’s massive performance gains compared to the competition are evident in numbers only at this stage, and the real-world usage could be different. However, the fact that this level of performance exists on a 14-inch MacBook Pro is nothing short of surprising.
Apart from the M4 Pro, Apple also announced the M4 Max chip, which features the same number of cores as the previous M3 Max chip, but the company pulled off some trickery to increase the performance levels. The chip managed to cross the 4,000 mark in single-core benchmarks, which is only slightly better than the M4 Pro. It can be seen that both the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and the Ryzen 9 9950X fell short by quite a margin against the M4 Max chip. The clock speed of the M4 Max chip is the same as the M4 Pro, resting at 4.51GHz.
The multi-core results are quite interesting as well, where the M4 Max chip secured a massive lead with 26,675 scores against Intel Core Ultra 9 285K’s 23,024 and Ryzen 9 9950X’s 20,550 scores. We have to take into account that the Intel-based chip has a 24-core CPU, while the AMD CPU has 16 cores against the M4 Max’s 14-core CPU. Apple did mention that its latest chips feature the world’s fastest cores, but how it performs in the real world remains to be seen.
The graphics performance benchmarks show a different picture, as the M4 Pro chip with a 20-core GPU scored 111119 points, which is half as much as the M2 Ultra chip with a 72-core GPU. However, the M4 Max chip with a 40-core GPU beats the odds with a score of 192532, which is 25 percent faster than the M3 Max with the same number of GPU cores. Additionally, the performance is almost the same as the M2 Ultra with a 76-core GPU.
The Cupertino giant has outdone itself this year with the M4 series of chips compared to the competition and its older flagship chips. It remains to be seen how the company’s M4 Ultra chip performs in the Mac Studio and Mac Pro next year. We will keep you posted with more details, so be sure to stick around.