M1 to M4: The Apple Silicon Performance Ladder

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Apple’s M-series chips have moved fast in just a few generations. What started with the original M1 as a huge leap over Intel Macs has expanded into a full ladder of standard, Pro, Max, and Ultra chips that scale from everyday laptop performance to serious workstation-class compute. Looking at M1 through M4 side by side makes it easier to see where the biggest gains actually happened, especially in single-core speed, multi-core scaling, and how much extra performance each tier really gives you.

ChipSingle-coreMulti-core
M123668441
M1 Pro238512347
M1 Max241912656
M1 Ultra239818436
M226429789
M2 Pro266014555
M2 Max280514911
M2 Ultra277821414
M3307711675
M3 Pro310515260
M3 Max312820961
M3 Ultra321327728
M4378714911
M4 Pro387822497
M4 Max402826170

For a more detailed list check this out. https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks.

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