While waiting for the arrival of new Macs in 2023, accompanied by its M2 Pro, M2 Max and M2 Ultra chips, some landmarks are leaking. Almost 10 days ago the first benchmark of an M2 Max chip was leaked and the results, while interesting, might be lower than we expected.
Now, another measure of performance gives quite different numbers. Similar machine, similar setup, but much more substantial improvement. Apple testing? We do not know the origin of these measurements, as well as their total veracity, but they are most interesting.
More than substantial improvements in multicore
Let’s get into the context a bit. We have a Mac that identifies itself as Mac14.6. A model number that does not currently exist and that could be a next-gen Mac Studio. This Mac has an M2 Max chip with a 12-core processor and 86 GB of RAM. A few days ago we saw this machine configuration give some results, today it gives others.
If we initially saw a CPU frequency of 3.54 GHz, we now see 3.68 GHz, this slight improvement nevertheless considerably increases performance. In the current benchmark, measured with Geekbench 5, we are talking about a score of 2027 on single core and 14888 on multicore. For context, consider that the current Mac Studio has 10 CPU cores running at 3.2 GHz, giving a single core score of 1746 and a multi-core score of 12154.
In other words. If the first benchmark from a few days ago told us about a 14% performance improvement, now these new measurements tell us about an improvement, still talking about multicore and compared to the current M1 Max, of 22% . Nail much more attractive numberwithout a doubt.
Let’s add another piece of information to the whole equation. The new M2 chip, featured in this year’s MacBook Air M2, is an 11% improvement over the M1. Remember, however, that the Pro and Max series chips add a good amount of cores. Therefore the multi-core performance is significantly increased as a resultThis is exactly what we should expect.
For now, we’ll have to wait for the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros and a new Mac Studio to arrive in 2023 to get more precise measurements. What we do know is that improving the performance and capabilities of These computers are going to be something to keep in mind.
