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Apple M4 Pro

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Rendering performance

Median score · higher is better

Three-scene Blender rendering throughput. Versions, operating systems and rendering backends remain separate. This is not a gaming score.

Blender 5.1.1 / macOS / CPU
Apple M4 Pro 387.59 samples/min 18 complete runs · Middle 50%: 383.85 - 395.47 · 14 core / 14 thread · Latest: 2026-07-15

Community submissions; cooling, power limits and system configuration can affect results.

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

85.70 samples/min

18 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1

72.85 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

387.59 samples/min

18 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
383.8541153362
75th percentile
395.47108280007

324.14 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
314.40153823163
75th percentile
329.34544422955
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

128.12 samples/min

18 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1

106.17 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

174.25 samples/min

18 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1

145.68 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

74.03 samples/min

10 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1

86.19 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

329.25 samples/min

10 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
326.37931515219
75th percentile
331.40323421905

384.11 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
381.84184975507
75th percentile
390.11203468168
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

108.84 samples/min

10 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1

126.22 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

147.00 samples/min

10 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1

172.44 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

72.47 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

331.09 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
327.54758309018
75th percentile
333.08523347323
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

106.63 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

152.03 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

72.13 samples/min

84 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1

85.26 samples/min

83 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

337.66 samples/min

84 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
330.2712423697
75th percentile
339.85262280893

397.80 samples/min

83 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
390.20215979008
75th percentile
404.47620136283
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

101.67 samples/min

84 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1

120.47 samples/min

83 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

163.62 samples/min

84 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1

193.10 samples/min

83 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

69.84 samples/min

62 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1

83.64 samples/min

62 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

332.76 samples/min

62 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
329.63431630248
75th percentile
335.31234830301

396.49 samples/min

62 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
387.45380320304
75th percentile
402.57133747114
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

101.67 samples/min

62 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1

121.34 samples/min

62 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

161.04 samples/min

62 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1

191.97 samples/min

62 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

82.95 samples/min

104 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1

69.82 samples/min

102 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

398.41 samples/min

104 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
390.10510085779
75th percentile
403.25888173145

334.25 samples/min

102 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
329.38934414184
75th percentile
338.58610272955
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

121.16 samples/min

104 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1

102.12 samples/min

102 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

194.84 samples/min

104 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1

163.07 samples/min

102 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

82.00 samples/min

39 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1

69.36 samples/min

25 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

398.21 samples/min

39 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
391.90798790191
75th percentile
401.60203104385

334.10 samples/min

25 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
331.34610345551
75th percentile
336.9748156185
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

122.31 samples/min

39 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1

102.88 samples/min

25 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

193.11 samples/min

39 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1

161.65 samples/min

25 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
12
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

84.36 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

402.53 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
398.11527120949
75th percentile
403.81689714286
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

115.53 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 Pro

201.22 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
14
CPU threads
14
CPU sockets
1

Processing & platform

Efficiency cores
4*
CPU core options
12 / 14*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 2 fields
CPU core configurations
  • CPU cores
    12*
    Performance cores
    8*
    Efficiency cores
    4*
  • CPU cores
    14*
    Performance cores
    10*
    Efficiency cores
    4*
SoC family
Apple M4 Pro*

* Provisional data