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'M2 Max' Geekbench Scores Surface Again Online Ahead of Release in 2023

Many people were finding it hard to believe that Apple would use a Tick Tock update cycle for their chips.
 
playtech1 said:
Interesting: by comparison I see the i9 13900k scores about 2,206 on single core and 23,786 in multi-core, so is about 10% faster in single core and about 60% faster in multi-core.

This would still be very impressive for the M2 Max, particularly in a laptop, if the power consumption remains as low as it has been in the M1 Max.

Still perhaps a bit of a worry on the desktop if this is the fastest desktop chip outside of ultra-expensive M2 Ultra. Power efficiency on the desktop is simply not as big a deal.
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Hope that Apple will boost the frequencies on Mac Studio and Mac Pro, 3.6Ghz is far behind Intel’s turbo boost
 
Two Appleseeds said:
I wouldn’t call this a small update at all. Sure, people with the m1 pro/max chips won’t need to upgrade. But for those like myself, this update might be pretty nice indeed.
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I for one will be upgrading to the 16" M2 Max, currently I have the 16" M1 Pro.

Some may say it's not much of an upgrade but if people have the money and use it all day every day like myself why not.

It maybe another 18 months before they get updated again and people like us have no patience to wait another 18 months lol.
 
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I wonder if whoever is doing these benchmarks at Apple realizes these scores are publicly posted? I can imagine that a few internal emails have gone out trying to figure out who did this. Management probably isn’t thrilled. Haha
 
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I'd like to know when we'll see a M2MBP? If not spring-ish then I will go ahead and get M1.
 
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Me waiting for a new Mac Pro tower.
 
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playtech1 said:
Interesting: by comparison I see the i9 13900k scores about 2,206 on single core and 23,786 in multi-core, so is about 10% faster in single core and about 60% faster in multi-core.

This would still be very impressive for the M2 Max, particularly in a laptop, if the power consumption remains as low as it has been in the M1 Max.

Still perhaps a bit of a worry on the desktop if this is the fastest desktop chip outside of ultra-expensive M2 Ultra. Power efficiency on the desktop is simply not as big a deal.
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These results could be from a difference in enclosures. Say for the first set of scores. Could be a Mac Mini or a Mac Studio. Even a "lower" end MB Pro. The higher scores could be for a higher end version on the desktop. Allowing for the increase in clock speed.

Or, they are maybe allowing for a speed spec difference between families. So you could get a Pro or a Max at different clocks as purchasing options.
 
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I wonder if whoever is doing these benchmarks at Apple realizes these scores are publicly posted? I can imagine that a few internal emails have gone out trying to figure out who did this. Management probably isn’t thrilled. Haha
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Marketing budgets are getting slashed and there is weak PC demand. This is free marketing that generates hype; they know exactly what they are doing.
 
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playtech1 said:
Interesting: by comparison I see the i9 13900k scores about 2,206 on single core and 23,786 in multi-core, so is about 10% faster in single core and about 60% faster in multi-core.

This would still be very impressive for the M2 Max, particularly in a laptop, if the power consumption remains as low as it has been in the M1 Max.

Still perhaps a bit of a worry on the desktop if this is the fastest desktop chip outside of ultra-expensive M2 Ultra. Power efficiency on the desktop is simply not as big a deal.
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The power consumption will certainly not be as good as the M1 Max
 
Eagle_Eye said:
Don't be fooled by Intel benchmarks. Mostly run on overclocked and overcooled CPU's, consuming hundreds of Watts of power. If you'd put such a chip in a laptop, it would overheat instantly and than throttle like crazy. The battery wouldn't last for 30 minutes either...
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Fully agree. As an owner of a 2020 i7 MBA and a 2020 M1 MBA, it's night and day. The i7 MBA fires up the fan upon booting up.
 
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The graphics scores are where the m2 pro and max will shine. Like with the m1 vs m2 we should see a 35% faster gpu so we should be looking around 56,000 for the m2 pro and 87,000 for m2 max.

Compered to 42,000 and 65,000
 
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Don’t hold your breath for 3nm. That’s almost for sure making its debut with the M3 family. However, there could be a chance that the M2 Pro/Max make their way to 4nm (which is technically still part of the 5nm family).

The 96gb of memory makes me think this could be an M2Max variant for the updated Mac Studio… unless Apple has increased the memory limit for the MacBook Pro.

Either way, if you already have an M1 machine, best to wait for the M3s which should have a more major leap in performance and efficiency. Hopefully GPU ray tracing as well.
 
David1986H said:
The graphics scores are where the m2 pro and max will shine. Like with the m1 vs m2 we should see a 35% faster gpu so we should be looking around 56,000 for the m2 pro and 87,000 for m2 max.

Compered to 42,000 and 65,000
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thats comparable with an nvidia 4060 and 4080 ?
 
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