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Apple M4 (GPU - 10 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores) 1,367.76 samples/min 47 complete runs · Middle 50%: 1,334.46 - 1,389.58 · Latest: 2026-09-25

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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

351.11 samples/min

47 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

1,367.76 samples/min

47 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1334.4646949177
75th percentile
1389.5760171236
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

409.33 samples/min

47 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

607.91 samples/min

47 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

348.17 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 · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

1,369.81 samples/min

27 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1338.8284298011
75th percentile
1396.4651056786
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

409.85 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 · 5.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

613.55 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 · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

323.07 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 · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

1,167.65 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1103.7760048952
75th percentile
1175.2829906534
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

296.45 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 · 5.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

543.95 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 · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

301.87 samples/min

168 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

297.96 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 · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

1,080.60 samples/min

168 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1056.4789945693
75th percentile
1096.1440679693
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

1,083.25 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1079.2372479946
75th percentile
1102.6165151377
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

244.91 samples/min

168 submissions · median result

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

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

246.18 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 · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

534.77 samples/min

168 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

543.53 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 · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

296.50 samples/min

123 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

1,055.05 samples/min

123 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1037.842553075
75th percentile
1071.0875332933
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

233.40 samples/min

123 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

526.73 samples/min

123 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

292.26 samples/min

100 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

1,046.63 samples/min

100 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1028.1662815784
75th percentile
1057.0527169101
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

232.18 samples/min

100 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

521.80 samples/min

100 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 M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

301.10 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

1,075.33 samples/min

40 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1064.1583968512
75th percentile
1081.7942758714
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

238.34 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

536.60 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 · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

197.87 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 · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

811.12 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
777.82230089145
75th percentile
829.59225224778
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

205.24 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 · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores)

406.95 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

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

Processing & platform

Chipset
Apple GPU cores
10*
Hardware ray tracing
Yes*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 3 fields
Apple GPU cores
10*
Hardware ray tracing
Yes*
SoC family
Apple M4*

* Provisional data