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Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores) 1,769.66 samples/min 6 complete runs · Middle 50%: 1,765.36 - 1,770.13 · Latest: 2026-07-30

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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

452.69 samples/min

6 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,769.66 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1765.3557163543
75th percentile
1770.1307241186
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

585.58 samples/min

6 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

731.68 samples/min

6 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

431.99 samples/min

24 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,798.28 samples/min

24 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1782.194499089
75th percentile
1806.8024365269
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

514.99 samples/min

24 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

853.60 samples/min

24 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

454.57 samples/min

22 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,797.15 samples/min

22 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1786.2752514169
75th percentile
1815.5592685738
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

505.92 samples/min

22 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

836.17 samples/min

22 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

450.77 samples/min

22 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,776.65 samples/min

22 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1750.1891536546
75th percentile
1781.4131735854
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

490.16 samples/min

22 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

836.76 samples/min

22 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

418.17 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

411.51 samples/min

6 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,707.77 samples/min

13 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1628.769297764
75th percentile
1727.8449077461
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,679.01 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1675.1517901119
75th percentile
1689.8002826174
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

480.84 samples/min

13 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

489.49 samples/min

6 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

786.45 samples/min

14 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

779.71 samples/min

6 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

450.17 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 · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,752.66 samples/min

13 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1748.4288926318
75th percentile
1759.8341433573
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

510.52 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 · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

791.75 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 · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

404.69 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 · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,762.04 samples/min

38 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1740.8230713478
75th percentile
1776.5394169098
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

485.33 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 · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

873.61 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 · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

453.02 samples/min

64 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 · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,914.75 samples/min

64 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1802.2502748215
75th percentile
1925.9208478163
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

512.00 samples/min

64 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

952.68 samples/min

64 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

460.96 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 · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,916.22 samples/min

38 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1897.0073787858
75th percentile
1922.5982587583
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

506.66 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 · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

947.29 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 · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

364.36 samples/min

40 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,505.89 samples/min

40 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1483.905288007
75th percentile
1513.7437632334
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

388.67 samples/min

40 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

753.87 samples/min

40 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 M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

347.10 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 · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

1,448.87 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1444.9810891848
75th percentile
1449.6062192289
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

380.46 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 · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Max (GPU - 38 cores)

721.93 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

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

Processing & platform

Apple GPU cores
38*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 2 fields
Apple GPU cores
38*
SoC family
Apple M2 Max*

* Provisional data