The Apple M4 Pro has just appeared on Geekbench alongside what looks to be a 16-inch MacBook Pro. This version is the high-end model, featuring a 14-core CPU, a 20-core GPU, and 48 GB of RAM. It shows a remarkable improvement from the M3 Pro, enhancing both CPU and GPU performance.
Performance Scores
In Geekbench's single-core and multi-core tests, the M4 Pro achieved scores of 3,925 and 22,669 points, respectively. This translates to a 25% increase in single-core performance and a 46% boost in multi-core performance compared to the Apple M3 Pro's scores of 3,138 and 15,480. While the multi-core improvement was anticipated due to the additional CPU cores, the surge in single-core performance is truly impressive, likely because the M4 Pro can reach speeds of 4.51 GHz as opposed to the 4.06 GHz of the M3 Pro. Actually, the M4 Pro's multi-core score surpasses that of last year's 16-core M3 Max, which scored 21,253 points in the benchmarks.
GPU Performance
We also get a glimpse of the M4 Pro's 20-core GPU performance through Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark, where it scored 69,867 points. This marks a 38% enhancement over the Apple M3 Pro's score of 50,373. Although it falls short of the M3 Max's impressive 40-core GPU score of 91,413, it's only 31% slower despite having half the cores, which is quite remarkable. With the M4 Pro performing so well, it will be fascinating to see what Apple's top-tier M4 Max has to offer for MacBook users.
