Who is the Apple - M4 Max for?
Entry-tier cpu. Below 58 on the Mars Score means several weighted specs trail the category leaders by a wide margin.
Only consider if there's a specific reason — price, brand loyalty, ecosystem fit. The best cpus page will show what your money buys at a higher tier.
Mars Score is computed from 11 measured specs against the transparent formula for the cpus category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
No spec lands in the top quartile of the category normalization window. Strengths sit in untracked specs (build quality, ecosystem, etc.) rather than weighted axes.
- ▼Threads: 16 (below category average).
- ▼L3 cache: 32 MB (below category average).
- ▼Cores: 16 (below category average).
- ▼Cinebench R23 (multi): 29800 (below category average).
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Cores
- 16
- Threads
- 16
- Boost clock
- 4.5GHz
- TDP
- 55W
All specifications
Cores
- Base clock?
- 0 GHz
- Boost clock?
- 4.5 GHz
Benchmarks
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