Apple has officially completed the trio of M4 chipsets, which includes the M4 Max at the highest end, with outstanding performance. Recently, it became the fastest processor in Geekbench 6 single-core tests and extended its lead over Intel’s powerful 24-core Ultra 9 285K and AMD’s super-fast Ryzen 9 9950X by a reasonable margin in the multi-core test heart
Apple has not yet announced the M4 Ultra, which is expected to appear in the Mac Pro update next year. Talking about the Cupertino giant’s position in the gaming market, the report says that Apple is now in a better shape to take the industry by storm as the SoC is said to have up to 80 GPU cores which is upcoming and is expected to deliver decent frame rates in AAA games. .
Apple already offers 16GB of integrated RAM as standard on all M4 Mac models, giving game developers access to enough frame buffer capacity to port new games to the platform.
With Apple’s integrated RAM architecture, it allows programs to access memory from the same pool of resources, and with the new M4 Macs with a minimum of 16GB, game developers will have access to a large window of VRAM to both make visual and performance improvements. improvements to your games. This explains why Cyberpunk 2077: Final Edition Coming to Mac in 2025and best of all, path detection and frame generation are built into the port.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple’s internal chipsets are in a much more advanced state for playing graphically demanding games, but the most interesting thing will be when the company unveils the M4 Ultra next year when they announce the Mac Pro. Interestingly, Mac Studio was not mentioned as part of the lineup, but Gurman said that Apple will introduce both workstations in mid-2025.
In terms of specifications, the M4 Ultra will have up to 32 CPU cores and 80 GPU cores, although Gurman did not reveal the number of performance and efficiency cores. He claims that the upcoming Apple Silicon will make the Mac Pro one of the most powerful mainstream systems on the market. The tech giant has also done an amazing job with its pricing structure for base models to make its cars more accessible to the masses.
In order to enter the gaming market with purpose and compete with larger players, wider acceptance of Macs and other devices is essential, which is why the base M4 Mac mini starts at just $599 and the base M4 MacBook Pro starts at $1,599. The company has kept the price down while offering twice as much integrated RAM in its entry-level models, making them more affordable when buyers want to increase that amount.
Perhaps the only limiting factor that Apple has to contend with is getting developers to send their games to the platform. Capcom has already joined, as has Ubisoft, but there must be enough games available to encourage users to buy more expensive devices.
