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Apple’s M4 Max: The Fastest CPU Yet, With M4 Ultra Still to Come

·15 min

Deep technical analysis of Apple's M4 Max chip for new MacBook Pro lineup. Hosts unpack surprising specs: 12 performance cores, 4 efficiency cores, 40-core GPU, and unified memory supporting up to 128GB. Geekbench 6 benchmarks show 4060 single-core and 26,675 multi-core scores, with M4 Max rendering complex 3D scenes in 15 minutes versus M2 Max's 45 minutes (3x faster). Hosts compare M4 Max against Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X desktop processors, finding the laptop chip competitive or superior. Critical analysis reveals pricing disruption: $1,600 Mac mini with M4 Pro outperforms $4,000 Mac studio with M2 Ultra, potentially forcing Apple to restructure product lineup and pricing strategy. Discussion explores implications for creative professionals (video editing, 3D rendering, music production) and potential for blurring laptop/desktop boundaries.

As heard by us

A brisk look at Apple's M4 Max that balances standout performance with the caveats that still matter.

Apple's M4 Max is framed as more than a spec sheet win: a laptop chip that can outpace some of the top desktop CPUs while still promising up to 24 hours of battery life.

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Why you'd press play

You want laptop speed that starts to look suspiciously like a desktop replacement.

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