The first Geekbench 6 for the 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 Max chip appeared today, and Apple achieved record-breaking performance.
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In this unconfirmed result, the 18-core M5 Max achieved a score of 29,233 for multi-core CPU performance, beating the 27,726 achieved by the Mac Studio with the M3 Ultra chip and 32 CPU cores. The M5 Max is now the fastest Apple silicon chip ever, even beating every other consumer PC processor in the Geekbench database.
In terms of multi-core CPU performance, the M5 Max is up to 5% faster than the M3 Ultra and up to 15% faster than the M4 Max chip with 16 CPU cores.
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Here's a comparison of multi-core CPU results:
- 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max (18 CPU cores): 29,233 (one result)
- Mac Studio with M3 Ultra (32 CPU cores): 27,726 (average of all results)
- Mac Studio with M4 Max (16 CPU cores): 26,166 (average of all results)
- 16-inch MacBook Pro with M4 Max (16 CPU cores): 25,702 (average of all results)
In terms of single-core CPU performance, the 18-core M5 Max achieved a score of 4,268 in this single Geekbench result, which is in line with the regular M5 chip in the base 14-inch MacBook Pro model released in October. This is the highest single-core score of any consumer PC processor, surpassing AMD's Ryzen 9 series .
Stay tuned for additional benchmark coverage, including Metal scores for graphics.
See also: Apple introduces M5 Pro and M5 Max processors
MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max are available for pre-order now and will begin shipping to customers and in stores on March 11.
