Julie Clover
Apple is set to release the first M4 Macs in early November, and new benchmark results from one of the upcoming models have surfaced on Geekbench, giving us some insight into how the M4 Mac will perform compared to the M4 iPad Pro and the previous generation of M3 Macs.
The “Mac16,1” that was tested features a 10-core processor and scored 3,864 in single-core testing and 15,288 in multi-core testing.
By comparison, the base M4 iPad Pro with a 9-core CPU has a combined single-core score of 3,647 and a multi-core score of 13,135. The iPad Pro models have either a 9-core CPU or a 10-core CPU depending on storage capacity, and the 10-core models have higher multi-core scores of around 14,500 on Geekbench.
When comparing the M4 to the M3 chip with an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU that was used in last year's Macs, single-core performance is up 26.7 percent and multi-core performance is up 30.6 percent. For example, the M3 iMac has a single-core score of 3,048 and a multi-core score of 11,708.
The iPad Pro Apple says the M4 is 25 percent faster than the M3, and the M4's performance in Macs will be the same or better. Note that this is just one test, so there will be some differences in scores when the machines actually ship.
Metal scores for one of the new M4 Macs also surfaced today, and the GPU performance is about on par with the iPad Pro's M4 chip. The 16,1 Mac, which has 16GB of RAM, earned a Metal score of 57,603. The iPad Pro's M4 has a Metal score of 53,374. The M4 Mac will likely perform slightly better due to the temperature difference, but again, there is a difference in scores.
The M4 chip shown in Geekbench is the standard M4, and it will be used in the Mac mini and 14-inch MacBook Pro models. We also expect to see the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips in higher-end MacBook Pro and Mac mini models, and benchmark results for those machines have yet to surface. The M3 chip had a Metal score of 47,414, suggesting GPU performance will improve by about 20 percent year-over-year.
Apple will likely hold a small event to announce the new M4 Macs toward the end of October, with a launch on November 1.
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