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Apple’s M2 Max chip, which will succeed the current M1 Max, has been spotted in leaked benchmarks that give us an idea of how much faster the next-gen variant could be.
As WCftech (opens in new tab) reports, this comes in the form of Geekbench results picked up by Benchleaks on Twitter, which as always we should be careful with leaks.
In Geekbench, the M2 Max achieved a total of 1,889 points for single-core, and in multi-core it went up to 14,586.
If you compare that to the current M1 Max, which hits about 1,750 and 12,200 respectively, meaning the M2 Max gets about 8% faster for single-core and 20% faster in terms of multi-core performance.
Analysis: A neat potential performance boost
It should come as no real surprise that the M2 Max clearly takes further steps forward with multi-core performance, given that this chip runs with 12 cores (as shown in the Geekbench spec details here, and previously rumoured), in instead of the 10 cores the M1 Max sports. Of course, two extra cores should make quite a difference in multi-core tasks.
Indeed, some people might argue that they should expect a little more from the next-gen chip than a 20% increase in multi-core, but to us this seems like a strong enough generational leap. Additionally, remember that these are still relatively early days for testing the M2 Max, and by the time the SoC is actually in Apple’s laptops, it’ll undoubtedly be a bit better in terms of performance.
In any case, we should not get carried away by our expectations, based on an early leaked benchmark. As always, a single measure is far from the full picture of performance, and the M2 Max will need a wider range of tests before drawing any conclusions when it actually surfaces.
When could that be? The rumor mill assumes that new Apple laptops with M2 Max and M2 Pro chips will debut in the first quarter of 2023, and those will be MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch models, according to a respected source on all things Apple.