[Cinebench 2024] Apple M3 Max breaks records in 3D Rendering, performs similar to Core i9-13980HX

LaptopMedia.com News [Cinebench 2024] Apple M3 Max breaks records in 3D Rendering, performs similar to Core i9-13980HX

From: Severin Kolakov 09 November 2023 / 16:35 | 0

Cinebench 2024 results of Apple’s M3 chips have finally been brought to light, albeit it’s been done a bit under the table, as leakers again are at the forefront. The image comes from Taiwanese social media Dcard. It shows the results of the Apple M3 and M3 Max chips, as well as the results of the M2 Max and M2 Ultra, for the sake of comparison.

From what we can see, there’s a sizeable improvement from the M2 Max to the M3 Max. If these numbers are correct, the M3 Max is 61% faster than the M2 Max in the 3D rendering benchmark. What’s more interesting is that the chip draws a lot more power, reaching 51W at peak, which is a 59% increase. This is still okay, as the MacBook Pro laptops arrive with a 140W power adapter, so the chip can go as high as 60 or 70W while leaving enough juice for powering up the display and the rest of the components.

We recently tested the new MSI Vector GP78 with the Intel Core i9-13980HX at 157W Max Turbo Power and it scored 1738 points on Cinebench 2024, so the result of M3 Max is truly astonishing.

Well, we couldn’t stop there and dug around to see if we could find more information about the results of the M3 chips. As it turns out, there are more images from the same tester, who managed to test the CPU and GPU capabilities in other benchmarks too.

Here are all the tests that we managed to find, with explanations below:

Cinebench 2024 GPU benchmark

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark tests the GPU using Maxon’s Redshift rendering engine. The M1 Ultra is still 10% faster than the M2 Max, despite having 26 more GPU cores. As for the M3 Max, it is 65% faster than the M2 Max, while also being 8% faster than the M2 Ultra. We should note that the Ultra chips are tested in Mac Studio desktop computers and not in laptops.

Blender 3.4

In the CPU test, Blender uses the CPU or GPU to render three images that we’ve shown below:

BMW

Classroom

Secret Deer

In the first test, the CPU is used to render these images. In the BMW image, the M3 Max is faster than the M2 Max, while matching the M1 Ultra in terms of speed. The M2 Ultra is still 17 seconds faster than the M3 Max. The M2 Ultra is also faster than the Core i9-13980HX, by 5 seconds.

In the classroom image, the M2 Ultra is still the fastest chip overall, overpowering the Core i9 and the M3 Max. On the other hand, the M3 Max demolishes the M2 Max and is faster than the M1 Ultra this time around.

Now, it’s time for the GPUs to take center stage. In the BMW test, the GPU is super quick, matching the RTX 4060, while being twice as fast in comparison to the M2 Max and being quicker than the M2 Ultra too. In the Secret Deer test, the M3 Max is a lot faster than the M2 Ultra, however, this time, the RTX 4060 is faster. It seems that in longer workloads, the RTX 4060 and the M3 Max’s GPU are a lot more powerful than the M2 Ultra’s GPU. It just needs a heavier task in order to stretch its legs and perform well.