Apple recently released the M4Pro and M4Max chips, which together with the M4 chips, have brought significant performance improvements and advanced features to Mac computers. These chips use a second-generation 3nm process process to optimize performance and energy efficiency.
Apple recently announced the launch of the M4Pro and M4Max chips, which will work with its M4 chips to bring significant performance improvements and advanced features to Mac computers. All three chips are manufactured using the industry-leading second-generation 3nm process process, which enables dual optimization of performance and energy efficiency. The central processing unit of the M4 series chip has a high-speed core, achieving industry-leading single-threading performance and greatly improving multi-threading performance.
In terms of graphics processors, it continues the pioneering architecture of previous generation chips, with faster core speeds and ray tracing performance increased by 2 times. M4Pro and M4Max chips enable Macs to support Thunderbolt 5 for the first time, and unified memory bandwidth has also been increased by up to 75%. Thanks to neural network engines that improve performance by up to 2 times higher than previous generations and machine learning accelerators in central processors with improved performance, the M4 series chips bring excellent performance to professional and AI tasks.
The M4 chip is equipped with Mac for the first time, bringing outstanding performance to all kinds of users. The M4 chip is equipped with a maximum of 10 cores of central processing units, including 4 performance cores and up to 6 energy efficiency cores. The performance of the central processing unit can be improved by up to 1.8 times compared to the M1. The 10-core graphics processor provides excellent graphics processing performance, up to 2 times higher than the M1 chip. The 16-core neural network engine is faster and is specially built for Apple's intelligence and other AI tasks. The M4 chip supports up to 32GB of unified memory, the memory bandwidth is increased to 120Gb/s, and supports two external monitors to use at the same time as the built-in display.
The M4Pro chip further strengthens the advanced technology first launched by M4, equipped with a maximum of 14-core central processors, including up to 10 performance cores and 4 energy efficiency cores. The performance of the central processor can be up to 1.9 times higher than that of the M1Pro, and the graphics processor is equipped with up to 20 cores, twice that of the M4 chip. The M4Pro chip supports up to 64GB of high-speed unified memory and memory bandwidth up to 273GB/s, and the memory bandwidth is increased by up to 75% compared to the M3Pro. The M4Pro chip also enables Macs to support Thunderbolt 5 for the first time, achieving data transmission speeds up to 120Gb/s.
The M4Max chip is designed for professionals facing extremely heavy tasks and is equipped with up to 16 cores of central processing units, including up to 12 performance cores and 4 energy efficiency cores. Its performance can be up to 2.2 times higher than the central processor of the M1Max chip, and its graphics processor has up to 40 cores and its speed can be up to 1.9 times higher than the M1Max chip. The M4Max chip supports up to 128GB of high-speed unified memory and up to 546GB/s memory bandwidth, which is 4 times the memory bandwidth of the latest AI PC chips. The M4Max chip-enhanced media processing engine includes 2 video encoding engines and 2 ProRes accelerators, making it an ideal choice for professional video creators. Like the M4Pro chip, the M4Max chip supports Thunderbolt 5 and data transmission speed can reach up to 120Gb/s.
M4, M4Pro and M4Max chips are designed for Apple Intelligence. The personal intelligent system Apple Intelligence has now been launched on personal computers, bringing the Mac into a new era. Apple Intelligence combines powerful generative models with industry-leading privacy protection capabilities to unlock new ways for users to work, communicate and express themselves on Mac using the performance of Apple chips and neural network engines. The energy efficiency performance of the M4 series chip ensures that the new MacBook Pro series meets Apple's high standards for energy efficiency, with a maximum battery life of up to 24 hours. This means less charging time is required and less energy is consumed during the product life cycle. For desktop systems such as iMac and Mac mini, the energy efficiency performance of Apple chips also means that the total energy consumption is reduced.
Apple once again demonstrated its leading position in chip technology through the release of the M4 series chips, providing users with stronger performance and more efficient user experience.