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Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores) 1,951.98 samples/min 7 complete runs · Middle 50%: 1,847.38 - 1,983.30 · Latest: 2026-06-15

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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

489.78 samples/min

7 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

1,951.98 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1847.3816433405
75th percentile
1983.3030260624
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

600.99 samples/min

7 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

836.32 samples/min

7 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

484.78 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

1,960.02 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1947.7554026175
75th percentile
1969.4493045218
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

603.24 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

874.60 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 · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

453.04 samples/min

30 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

1,756.38 samples/min

30 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1724.6664722996
75th percentile
1769.3630875262
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

416.44 samples/min

30 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

887.30 samples/min

30 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

451.57 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 · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

1,752.81 samples/min

13 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1729.2482098917
75th percentile
1765.1501331461
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

414.81 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 · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

888.15 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 · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

437.06 samples/min

31 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

1,710.31 samples/min

31 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1695.5086674923
75th percentile
1724.8656989718
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

410.15 samples/min

31 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

866.20 samples/min

31 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

449.15 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

449.09 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

1,768.64 samples/min

37 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1739.7425816943
75th percentile
1780.9491312232
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

1,774.49 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1735.222618964
75th percentile
1785.0046818497
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

421.84 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

422.98 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

896.65 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

901.72 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

373.97 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 · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

1,509.70 samples/min

16 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1485.12338647
75th percentile
1515.3854881114
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

398.71 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 · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

733.84 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 · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

378.90 samples/min

71 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

1,499.19 samples/min

71 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1481.5642856532
75th percentile
1518.1522649614
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

392.71 samples/min

71 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

731.80 samples/min

71 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 M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

301.06 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 · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

1,314.19 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1308.872111809
75th percentile
1319.7155769281
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

344.56 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 · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M3 Pro (GPU - 18 cores)

669.27 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

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

Processing & platform

Apple GPU cores
18*
Hardware ray tracing
Yes*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 3 fields
Apple GPU cores
18*
Hardware ray tracing
Yes*
SoC family
Apple M3 Pro*

* Provisional data