Apple M4 Max: everything we know

The Apple M4 Max spot is charismatic now that Apple has announced nan caller Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch and Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch.

The powerful caller spot is nan flagship of nan existent Apple M4 chip lineup, pursuing connected nan heels of yesterday's Apple M4 Pro announcement. The caller Apple M4 Max promises a CPU and GPU core-count boost for those who request maximum capacity for their MacBook Pro for immoderate your imaginative task needs.

Since nan Apple M4 Max is very overmuch nan mainstream enthusiast action for Apple fans retired there, this mightiness not beryllium nan astir celebrated action for those looking to get a caller MacBook Pro, particularly arsenic it'll beryllium nan astir expensive.

But, enthusiasts aren't known for fretting astir value tags erstwhile it comes to getting nan astir capacity retired of nan latest MacBook models, truthful for those who want nan very best, here's everything we cognize astir nan caller Apple M4 Max.

Apple M4 Max chip: Cut to nan chase

• What is it? The follow-up to Apple's M3 Max chip
• When is it available? Available pinch prime Mac products, shipping November 8, 2024
• What does it cost? It won't waste connected its own, but will travel installed connected nan caller Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch models.

Apple M4 Max chip: Release date

The Apple M4 Max spot won't waste connected its own, but will alternatively travel arsenic an optional upgrade for nan caller MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch models announced alongside nan caller M4 Max chip.

While you tin pre-order nan caller MacBook Pro models pinch Apple M4 Max now, deliveries don't commencement until November 8th, nan aforesaid time you'll beryllium capable to prime up nan caller laptop models successful stores.

Apple M4 Max chip: Price

The Apple M4 Max spot comes preinstalled connected caller MacBook Pro models, truthful nan value will dangle connected nan laptop configuration you choose.

Apple M4 Max chip: Specs & performance

The caller Apple M4 Max has immoderate noticeable improvements complete past year's Apple M3 Max, astatine slightest connected paper.

The processor halfway speeds are faster connected nan Apple M4 Max compared to nan erstwhile M3 Max, and it will characteristic up to doubly nan ray-tracing capacity arsenic its predecessor.

The second-generation 3nm architecture will besides characteristic support for Thunderbolt 5 for nan first time, arsenic good arsenic 75% improved representation bandwidth, which will beryllium basal for Apple Intelligence to efficaciously tally connected nan platform.

Speaking of Apple Intelligence, nan M4 Max's 16-core neural motor (Apple's type of an NPU), will get up to 38 TOPS, compared to nan M3 Max's 18 TOPS. This should greatly accelerate AI workloads, which is undoubtedly thing that M4 Max MacBook Pro users will beryllium very willing successful complete nan adjacent twelvemonth aliases 2 arsenic caller AI devices for master activity rotation out.

Of course, each of this remains to beryllium seen until we get our hands connected immoderate Apple hardware pinch nan caller M4 Max spot successful it, but expectations are precocious that Apple keeps itself successful nan rod position erstwhile it comes to nan champion laptops acknowledgment to this latest high-end silicon.