M2 Pro and M2 Max benchmark against all other current Apple Silicon chips

The new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips are so powerful that most reviewers say they're actually overkill for most Mac users, even most people who do video work.

A new benchmark ranking shows how the machine stacks up against all other current Apple Silicon chips, from the A14 Bionic to the M1 Ultra (and still braving the M2 Pro)…

New Chips

Apple introduced the new chips with the launch of the new Mac mini and latest MacBook Pro models.

M2 Pro extends the architecture of M2 to offer up to 12-core CPU and up to 19-core GPU, along with up to 32GB of fast unified memory. M2 Max builds on the features of M2 Pro, including up to 38-core GPU, double unified memory bandwidth, and up to 96GB of unified memory. Its industry-leading performance per watt makes it the most powerful and energy-efficient professional laptop chip in the world. Both chips also feature enhanced custom technologies, including a faster 16-core Neural Engine and Apple’s powerful Media Engine […]

“Only Apple is building SoCs like the M2 Pro and M2 Max. They Delivering incredible professional performance with industry-leading power efficiency," said Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of Hardware Technologies. "With more powerful CPUs and GPUs, support for a larger unified memory system, and an advanced media engine, M2 Pro and M2 Max represent stunning advancements in Apple silicon."

While the chip still uses 5nm architecture, but Apple says the M2 Pro has 40 billion transistors - nearly 20% more than the M1 Pro and twice as many as the base M2 chip. The M2 Max increases that to 67 billion transistors.

Apple describes the M2 Pro as 40 percent faster than the M1 Pro and 80 percent faster than the high-end Core i9 chip in the previous generation Intel-powered 16-inch MacBook Pro.

M2 Pro and M2 Max vs. Other Apple Silicon

Macworld looks at how the new chips stack up against their predecessors and all other current Apple Silicon chips.

We only include chips in Apple devices still on sale, and it's a somewhat predictable chart, with the fastest Mac at the top, followed by the iPad and iPhone. But there are still some fascinating results: iPad Pro owners can say that their tablet is about as fast as a MacBook Air, and that's not an exaggeration. The difference between the $399 iPhone SE and the $899 iPhone 14 isn't as big as their price differences might suggest.

Mac Studio owners may be dismissive of the new Mac mini, wondering if they would be better off waiting, but the news could be worse.

If you have an M1 Ultra Mac Studio, the new chip isn't replacing it as the speed king. The 48-core and 64-core variants still leave the M2 Max in the dust, with a Geekbench 5 multi-core score of 23,369, compared to 15,242 for the two M2 Max chips; 15,079 for the high-end M2 Pro; and 11,851 for the M2 Pro, which has a 10-core CPU and 16-core GPU. .

The M1 Max also sits between the two M2 Pro variants with a score of 12,590.

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