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Apple M2 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 5.1.0 / macOS / METAL
Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores) 768.75 samples/min 3 complete runs · Middle 50%: 768.08 - 769.06 · Latest: 2026-04-08

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 · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

197.89 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 · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

768.75 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
768.07783310588
75th percentile
769.06384683767
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

248.52 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 · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

321.70 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 M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

188.88 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 · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

781.47 samples/min

21 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
765.44539495212
75th percentile
784.96508231079
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

218.31 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 · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

373.95 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 · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

197.61 samples/min

10 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

776.96 samples/min

10 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
772.4401634449
75th percentile
781.72857853253
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

214.99 samples/min

10 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

363.88 samples/min

10 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

198.78 samples/min

8 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

778.86 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
776.1294482748
75th percentile
782.27089999616
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

210.88 samples/min

8 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

369.69 samples/min

8 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

182.10 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

185.50 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

737.90 samples/min

20 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
735.50836268489
75th percentile
741.9011003698
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

746.19 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
729.40203353566
75th percentile
750.66253377494
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

211.28 samples/min

20 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

216.63 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

345.01 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

345.61 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 · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

199.56 samples/min

12 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

769.41 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
768.42066745267
75th percentile
772.31221665911
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

218.00 samples/min

12 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

351.50 samples/min

12 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

179.09 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

770.11 samples/min

38 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
760.53011533321
75th percentile
776.7262839093
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

207.18 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

383.79 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

197.25 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 · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

813.55 samples/min

50 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
786.42725524839
75th percentile
840.77545076636
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

219.90 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 · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

413.69 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 · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

203.55 samples/min

16 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

838.29 samples/min

16 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
831.7121245052
75th percentile
841.45721538942
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

216.98 samples/min

16 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

417.89 samples/min

16 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

161.00 samples/min

18 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

654.73 samples/min

18 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
650.83934539089
75th percentile
656.76643040778
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

164.63 samples/min

18 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 Pro (GPU - 16 cores)

328.91 samples/min

18 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 M2 Pro*

* Provisional data