Benchmarks and rankings

Apple CPU performance

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Results are separated by workload. The table ranks Blender Cycles rendering within one version, OS and backend. Its 0–100 index is relative to the best median in this cohort; it is not a universal game or application score.

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Blender 5.2.0 / macOS / CPU

Blender Open Data medians with at least 5 submissions per device name. Rank and index use the complete selected cohort before manufacturer filtering. A missing result is not a zero score.

№	Model	Median, samples/min	Index / submissions
1	Apple M2 Max	244.081357	100 / 10017 submissions
2	Apple M2 Pro	192.815585	78.996 / 10012 submissions
3	Apple M2	101.974269	41.779 / 10022 submissions
4	Apple M1	97.594488	39.984 / 10030 submissions

Community systems can differ in memory, cooling, settings and power. Submission counts are not counts of independently verified computers. Retrieval date is not the date of each measurement. Base-GPU results are not transferred to partner boards.