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Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

Graphics processor

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 / METAL
Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores) 1,002.68 samples/min 23 complete runs · Middle 50%: 991.02 - 1,005.52 · Latest: 2026-09-27

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 / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

263.09 samples/min

23 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

1,002.68 samples/min

23 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
991.01792019879
75th percentile
1005.5172932614
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

337.65 samples/min

23 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

401.44 samples/min

23 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

263.68 samples/min

13 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

1,000.62 samples/min

13 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
988.77309890478
75th percentile
1003.1493709121
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

336.71 samples/min

13 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

399.83 samples/min

13 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

235.01 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

878.58 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
859.61381460483
75th percentile
887.06883571072
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

277.84 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

375.39 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

227.51 samples/min

49 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

956.01 samples/min

49 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
949.16449559137
75th percentile
961.60558819352
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

260.29 samples/min

49 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

469.40 samples/min

49 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

235.40 samples/min

38 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

956.29 samples/min

38 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
948.44315939832
75th percentile
959.41528216118
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

252.86 samples/min

38 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

469.10 samples/min

38 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

233.44 samples/min

50 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

955.63 samples/min

50 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
944.6405972897
75th percentile
961.12043916173
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

249.66 samples/min

50 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

471.97 samples/min

50 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

232.35 samples/min

28 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

219.45 samples/min

21 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

960.10 samples/min

28 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
949.05553407059
75th percentile
969.71060632105
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

945.90 samples/min

21 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
934.15056317154
75th percentile
948.89060095729
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

257.58 samples/min

28 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

255.79 samples/min

21 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

474.29 samples/min

28 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

470.39 samples/min

21 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

222.57 samples/min

20 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

948.18 samples/min

20 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
926.66949756722
75th percentile
958.37593343451
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

255.76 samples/min

20 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

473.46 samples/min

20 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

208.81 samples/min

93 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

925.56 samples/min

93 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
915.49673379547
75th percentile
932.11465947795
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

248.49 samples/min

93 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

468.48 samples/min

93 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

234.54 samples/min

72 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

1,002.95 samples/min

72 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
939.66533841597
75th percentile
1013.4763137046
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

262.55 samples/min

72 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

503.93 samples/min

72 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

238.37 samples/min

57 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

1,036.22 samples/min

57 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1007.115637484
75th percentile
1044.5714404428
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

290.64 samples/min

57 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

508.41 samples/min

57 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

211.67 samples/min

90 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

859.95 samples/min

90 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
847.2414795537
75th percentile
866.48666949228
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

215.44 samples/min

90 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

432.02 samples/min

90 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

198.07 samples/min

99 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

820.69 samples/min

99 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
810.41192154605
75th percentile
843.2386663121
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

208.02 samples/min

99 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Max (GPU - 32 cores)

414.24 samples/min

99 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions

Processing & platform

Apple GPU cores
32*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 2 fields
Apple GPU cores
32*
SoC family
Apple M1 Max*

* Provisional data