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Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores) 510.50 samples/min 9 complete runs · Middle 50%: 500.39 - 512.65 · Latest: 2026-07-04

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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

135.39 samples/min

9 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

510.50 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
500.39091056571
75th percentile
512.64945700846
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

166.91 samples/min

9 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

205.77 samples/min

9 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

134.24 samples/min

5 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

509.00 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
497.54587539642
75th percentile
515.69425835331
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

169.71 samples/min

5 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

207.96 samples/min

5 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

122.34 samples/min

4 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

454.50 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
447.1641601111
75th percentile
461.85154514377
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

140.30 samples/min

4 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

194.57 samples/min

4 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

116.09 samples/min

42 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

482.41 samples/min

42 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
437.3119074473
75th percentile
485.99012833962
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

127.39 samples/min

42 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

238.73 samples/min

42 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

119.83 samples/min

25 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

482.56 samples/min

25 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
474.86742828934
75th percentile
485.87607288311
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

123.78 samples/min

25 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

238.54 samples/min

25 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

118.78 samples/min

32 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

482.91 samples/min

32 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
475.80290916982
75th percentile
486.13771036287
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

122.16 samples/min

32 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

240.69 samples/min

32 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

119.62 samples/min

37 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

111.86 samples/min

27 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

488.82 samples/min

37 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
478.41833867015
75th percentile
492.03651284299
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

479.97 samples/min

27 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
474.89372926695
75th percentile
483.14632593944
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

126.89 samples/min

37 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

125.99 samples/min

27 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

242.62 samples/min

37 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

240.86 samples/min

27 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

115.08 samples/min

25 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

480.38 samples/min

25 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
477.23011487351
75th percentile
484.6634560025
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

127.00 samples/min

25 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

240.42 samples/min

25 submissions · median result

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

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

106.67 samples/min

70 submissions · median result

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

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

466.70 samples/min

70 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
461.58391249624
75th percentile
470.37787006471
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

123.22 samples/min

70 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

237.01 samples/min

70 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

113.49 samples/min

60 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

478.71 samples/min

60 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
473.08573735027
75th percentile
509.95697749275
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

128.77 samples/min

60 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

238.02 samples/min

60 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

122.19 samples/min

37 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

521.80 samples/min

37 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
515.1373299782
75th percentile
526.93592910884
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

140.69 samples/min

37 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

259.71 samples/min

37 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

109.18 samples/min

58 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

436.40 samples/min

58 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
429.32576615283
75th percentile
442.67168576622
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

105.79 samples/min

58 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

223.22 samples/min

58 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

103.25 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 · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

424.05 samples/min

57 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
418.56133840297
75th percentile
438.31164238219
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

105.29 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 · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

216.27 samples/min

57 submissions · median result

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

Processing & platform

Apple GPU cores
16*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 2 fields
Apple GPU cores
16*
SoC family
Apple M1 Pro*

* Provisional data