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Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 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 4.5.0 / macOS / METAL
Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores) 900.22 samples/min 11 complete runs · Middle 50%: 892.01 - 905.63 · Latest: 2026-02-11

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 · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

220.86 samples/min

11 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 - 19 cores)

900.22 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
892.00863986396
75th percentile
905.63446114931
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

248.14 samples/min

11 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 - 19 cores)

432.24 samples/min

11 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 - 19 cores)

232.51 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 · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

906.59 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
898.26458997817
75th percentile
911.26639935859
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

248.61 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 · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

425.22 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 · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

230.67 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 · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

892.64 samples/min

20 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
887.57196426101
75th percentile
895.89686994326
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

236.77 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 · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

424.80 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 - 19 cores)

215.10 samples/min

11 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 - 19 cores)

210.00 samples/min

11 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 - 19 cores)

855.11 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
844.29199485403
75th percentile
860.16330056025
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

841.09 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
828.55353714839
75th percentile
853.20571265814
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

241.23 samples/min

11 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 - 19 cores)

239.68 samples/min

11 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 - 19 cores)

399.64 samples/min

11 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 - 19 cores)

395.36 samples/min

11 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 - 19 cores)

231.02 samples/min

14 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 - 19 cores)

882.07 samples/min

14 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
870.61748480524
75th percentile
886.11776001616
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

246.37 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 · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

405.45 samples/min

14 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 - 19 cores)

208.05 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 · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

889.56 samples/min

27 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
883.38867726435
75th percentile
892.42995766747
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

235.42 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 · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

443.44 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 · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

231.91 samples/min

45 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 - 19 cores)

943.14 samples/min

45 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
911.52857579325
75th percentile
972.69749803765
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

250.62 samples/min

45 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 - 19 cores)

475.79 samples/min

45 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 - 19 cores)

237.00 samples/min

19 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 - 19 cores)

969.77 samples/min

19 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
963.14372130659
75th percentile
971.68812530639
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

246.72 samples/min

19 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 - 19 cores)

482.06 samples/min

19 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 - 19 cores)

188.25 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 · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

759.28 samples/min

32 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
755.30307155204
75th percentile
763.08843231156
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

189.07 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 · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Pro (GPU - 19 cores)

382.72 samples/min

32 submissions · median result

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

Processing & platform

Apple GPU cores
19*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 2 fields
Apple GPU cores
19*
SoC family
Apple M2 Pro*

* Provisional data