Apple is about to unleash its full potential with the new Macs that will mount the brand new and powerful M4 chipwhich debuted this year with the iPad Pro. With the launch of the new devices in just a few weeks, according to rumors, the first performance tests on these devices will leave you speechless. We tell you everything.
With its launch scheduled for early November 2024, these devices powered by the M4 promise a significant leap in power and efficiency.
The Mac with M4 chip is much more powerful
The first performance results for the M4 have been provided by a device labeled “Mac16.1”, which has achieved a single-core score of 3864 and a multi-core score of 15288 on Geekbench. Equipped with a 10-core CPU, this device has demonstrated remarkable performance compared to previous models.
When comparing these results with the iPad Pro, which also has the M4 chip but with a 9-core CPU, the Mac16,1 demonstrates a slight advantage. The base 2024 iPad Pro achieved a score of 3,647 in single-core and 13,135 in multi-core, while the 10-core models hover around 14,500 points in multi-core.
If we compare the M4 with the M3 chip used in last year’s Macs, the results are surprising. The M3, which featured an 8-core CPU and a 10-core GPU, recorded a single-core score of 3048 and 11708 multi-core. This implies that the M4 has achieved improve performance by 26.7% in single-core tasks and by an impressive 30.6% in multi-core tasks.
This jump in performance is crucial for users performing intensive tasks such as video editing, graphic design, and programming. He increased processing speed and the ability to execute complex tasks more efficiently marks a key advancement in Apple’s hardware offering.
Amazing results with the new M4 chip
In terms of graphics performance, the M4 chip doesn’t disappoint either. The first benchmarks in Metal show that the Mac16,1 equipped with 16 GB of RAM achieved a score of 57603. This figure is slightly higher than that of the iPad Pro with M4 chip, which achieved 53374 points in the same test. While the differences can be attributed to the greater cooling capacity of Macs, Graphics performance has also improved considerably compared to the M3, which achieved a score of 47414 in Metal.
This 20% increase in graphics power is excellent news for those who use their Macs for tasks such as 3D content creation, gaming, or graphics-intensive applications.
Apple is expected to hold an event in late October to officially unveil the new Macs with the M4 chip. According to rumors, the launch is planned for November 1, just in time for Christmas shopping. The first models to feature the M4 will be the Mac mini and the 14-inch MacBook Pro, but Apple is also expected to introduce versions of the M4 Pro and M4 Max for high-end MacBook Pros and some Mac mini models. However, benchmarks of these more powerful models have not yet been leaked.
