The twelve-core “M2 Max” finds its way to Geekbench 5

On the phone side, Apple has a long history of its own system circuitry for both iPhone and iPad models. So it came as no surprise when the company introduced the M series system circuits with the M1 on top and later the M2. In between, there were more additions to the M1 family with the Max and Pro models and finally the giant Ultra range.

Now the Max accessory seems set to iterate with the M2. Through the database linked to Geekbench 5, a result under the name “Mac14.6” has found its way, with a twelve-core processor listed as no lower than the Apple M2 Max. In addition to the name, the specifications include a clock frequency of 3.54 GHz and 96 GB of raw memory, which is much more than the maximum 24 GB “unified memory” shared between the graphics part and the processor in the regular M2.

With 1,853 points, the newcomer’s performance is on par with the M2. The biggest difference is seen in multi-threaded performance and the M2 Max’s 13,855 points mean a snapshot of about 50 percent compared to the M2’s, which in the same performance stack drops down about 9,000 points. It also falls about 1,000 points higher than the M1 Max. Against competitors Intel and AMD, the gap is wider, especially in multi-threaded performance, with the flagship Core i9-13900K and Ryzen 9 7950X leading by around 10,000 points each.

Apple hasn’t officially confirmed any other members of the M2 family and it’s currently not possible to confirm the name is actually on Geekbench 5. Having said that, it’s not likely that the Max and Pro suffixes will ever become relevant again. With the corresponding M1 models, the focus was mainly on the larger graphics parts and elevating the professionally oriented Mac Studio series. However, the name in the database speaks more about portable and the likely scenario is that the M2 Max happens to be in a recent lineup of the Macbook Pro.

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