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About

MacStadium offers a wide selection of Bare Metal Mac hosts for a variety of applications.
When selecting host machine varieties, most MacStadium customers seek to strike a balance between the volume of computation that they need to do, the speed at which a given job (like a CI build) should be completed, and the cost involved.

Overview

Benchmarking When evaluating Macs, the goal is to determine the optimal performance of a given piece of Mac hardware, including CPU performance, GPU performance, and real-world performance for CI/CD applications. To achieve this, refer to these synthetic benchmarks:
  • XcodeBenchmark
  • Geekbench 6 Multi-core
  • Geekbench 6 Compute
  • Cinebench R23
Read the blog post for a complete description of the benchmarking process Benchmark Results All tests performed on macOS 13.4.1, unless otherwise specified.

Benchmarking Baseline

This machine is used as the baseline when referencing multipliers. In other words, a machine with a multiplier of 1.4x is 40% more performant than the baseline machine for the specified test. Multipliers are shown below the raw score in each cell.
NameCPUXcodeGB6 CPUGB6 GPUCB R23RAMSSDMac Model
G5LM1
8C
123.885
(1.00x)
8818
(1.00x)
33843
(1.00x)
7869
(1.00x)
16GB2TBMac mini

Current standard models

This table includes Standard models currently available as Bare Metal from MacStadium.
NameCPUXcodeGB6 CPUGB6 GPUCB R23RAMSSDMac Model
S2.LM2 Ultra
24C
98.043s
(1.94x)
21734
(2.12x)
215160
(4.45x)
1975.14
(3.20x)
128GB2TBMac Studio
S2.MM2 Ultra
24C
96.82s
(1.97x)
21777
(2.13x)
218001
(4.51x)
1981.3
(3.30x)
64GB2TBMac Studio
M4.XLM4 Pro
14C
97.05s
(1.96x)
22582
(2.57x)
113953
(2.36x)
1639.38
(2.73x)
64GB2TBMac mini
M4.LM4 Pro
12C
107.28s
(2.05x)
20769
(2.36x)
100559
(2.85x)
1478.15
(2.85x)
48GB1TBMac mini
M4.MM4
10C
139.14s
(1.58x)
15123
(1.72x)
58437
(1.65x)
982.56
(1.89x)
24GB512GBMac mini
M4.SM4
10C
138.95s
(1.58x)
15153
(1.72x)
58309
(1.65x)
983.99
(1.90x)
16GB256GBMac mini
S1.MM1 Max
10C
146.91
(1.30x)
13049
(1.27x)
123103
(2.55x)
858.57
(1.43x)
64GB2TBMac Studio
M2.XLM2 Pro
12C
128.11s
(1.49x)
14951
(1.75x)
86500
(1.79x)
1047.68
(1.75x)
32GB2TBMac mini
M2.LM2 Pro
10C
147.16s
(1.29x)
13076
(1.28x)
78215
(1.62x)
817.66
(1.36x)
16GB1TBMac mini
M2.MM2
8C
190.33s
(1.15x)
10244
(1.0x)
48348
(1.0x)
600.07
(1.0x)
16GB1TBMac mini
M2.SM2
8C
108.477s
(1.14x)
10205
(1.0x)
48229
(1.0x)
605.38
(1.0x)
8GB256GBMac mini

Full Results

This table includes the full range of benchmarked hardware, including several machines not currently available for reference. Current and former MacStadium standard bare metal machines will have their name listed.
NameCPUXcodeGB6 CPUGB6 GPUCB R23RAMSSDMac Model
S2.MM2 Ultra
24C
53.599s
(2.31x)
20963
(2.38x)
206071
(6.09x)
28945
(3.68x)
64GB2TBMac Studio
S1.LM1 Ultra
20C
65.558s
(1.89x)
18060
(2.05x)
174505
(5.16x)
224214
(3.08x)
128GB4TBMac Studio
N/AM2 Max
12C
74.003s
(1.67x)
14872
(1.69x)
127390
(3.76x)
14885
(1.89x)
32GB512GBMac Studio
M2.XLM2 Pro
12C
74.659s
(1.64x)
14686
(1.67x)
81837
(2.42x)
14812
(1.88x)
32GB2TBMac mini
S1.MM1 Max
10C
89.340
(1.39x)
12947
(1.47x)
119490
(3.53x)
12457
(1.58x)
64GB2TBMac Studio
M2.LM2 Pro
10C
84.904s
(1.46x)
12405
(1.41x)
73622
(2.18x)
11858
(1.51x)
16GB1TBMac mini
M2.MM2
8C
106.259s
(1.17x)
10130
(1.15x)
45902
(1.36x)
8776
(1.12x)
16GB1TBMac mini
M2.SM2
8C
108.477s
(1.14x)
10192
(1.16x)
45891
(1.36x)
8780
(1.12x)
8GB256GBMac mini
M1.MM1
8C
123.885s
(1.00x)
8818
(1.00x)
33843
(1.00x)
7869
(1.00x)
16GB1TBMac mini
G4Bi7 3.2
6C
188.779s
(0.66x)
6754
(0.77x)
6631
(0.20x)
7645
(0.97x)
32GB512GBMac mini (2018)
G2Xeon
12C
193.603s
(0.73x)
5311
(0.60x)
24788
(0.73x)
8507
(1.08x)
64GB1TBMac Pro (2013)
G2Xeon
6C
264.804s
(0.47x)
3862
(0.44x)
24887
(0.74x)
3862
(0.49x)
32GB1TBMac Pro (2013)
G4Ai3 3.6
4C
369.022s
(0.36x)
3912
(0.44x)
5806
(0.17x)
3606
(0.46x)
16GB512GBMac mini (2018)