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Apple M3 Max 16 Core

Benchmarks for the Apple M3 Max 16 Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.
Apple M3 Max 16 Core

Description: 40 Core GPU

Class: Laptop

Socket:

Total Cores: 16 Cores, 16 Threads

Primary Cores: 12 Cores, 12 Threads, 4.0 GHz Base, NA Turbo

Secondary Cores: 4 Cores, 4 Threads, NA Base, NA Turbo

Typical TDP: 78 W

Other names: ARM Apple M3 Max 16 Core 0 MHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2023

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
329th fastest in multithreading out of 5821 CPUs
18th fastest in single threading out of 5821 CPUs
28th fastest in out of 1618 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
41259
Single Thread Rating
4790

Samples: 390*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Apple M3 Max 16 Core

Integer Math91,309 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math131,705 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers574 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting61,760 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption24,797 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression532,089 KBytes/Sec
Physics4,316 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions24,152 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread4,790 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Apple M3 Max 16 Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of March 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of March 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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2021 Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro chip with 10‑core CPU and 16‑core GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) - Space Gray 2021 Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro chip with 10‑core CPU and 16‑core GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) - Space Gray $2638.94
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Last 5 Baselines for Apple M3 Max 16 Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL5114580 - Mar 04 2026
43013
BL5114139 - Feb 25 2026
33715
BL5112801 - Feb 04 2026
40362
BL5112529 - Jan 30 2026
40232
BL5111661 - Jan 17 2026
42441
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Apple M3 Max 16 Core
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Apple M3 Max 16 Core
41,259
Intel Core i9-14900HX vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
44,318 (+7.4%)
Intel Core i7-14700HX vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
36,930 (-10.5%)
Intel Core i7-14650HX vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
33,967 (-17.7%)
Apple M3 Max 14 Core vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
36,483 (-11.6%)
Intel Core i9-13980HX vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
45,749 (+10.9%)
Apple M4 Max 16 Core vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
44,002 (+6.6%)
Intel Core i9-13900HX vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
42,071 (+2.0%)
Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
40,737 (-1.3%)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
35,060 (-15.0%)
Intel Core i7-13700HX vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
31,933 (-22.6%)
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
29,239 (-29.1%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H vs Apple M3 Max 16 Core
25,900 (-37.2%)