December 8th, 2021, by rob-ART morgan, mad scientist
How does the M1 Max 14" compare to the M1 Max 16"?
GRAPH LEGEND
M1 Max 16" = M1 Max MacBook Pro 16" with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core neural engine, and 32GB of unified memory
M1 Max 14" = M1 Max MacBook Pro 14" with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core neural engine, and 32GB of unified memory
M1 Pro 14" = M1 Pro MacBook Pro 14" with 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 16-core neural engine, and 16GB of unified memory
BasemarkGPU - 4K Metal
Official Test at 4K resolution and High Content Quality. (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)
Geekbench 5 - Metal
Metal GPU test. (HIGHER rating = FASTER)
GFXBench - Metal
Aztec High Tier OFFscreen. (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)
LuxMark 3.1
GPU Render of Hotel image (HIGHER samples/second = FASTER)
TW: Warhammer II - Metal
Ran Skaven built-in benchmark at 3840x2160 High (using LG UltraFine 5K external display). (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)
Shadow of Tomb Raider - Metal
Ran built-in benchmark at 3840x2160 High (using LG UltraFine 5K external display). (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)
DaVinci Resolve 17 - Metal
Playback the Candle 2K project at 3x Noise Reduction with Spatial NR set to Faster Large, Spatial Threshold set to 100 for Luma & Chroma and set to 50 for Blend. (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)
Blackmagic Raw Speed Test
Measure GPU 8K Metal speed. (HIGHER FPS = FASTER)
WHAT DID WE LEARN?
The M1 Max 14" keeps up with the M1 Max 16" in four out of eight tests. And it beats the M1 Pro 14" on every test.
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