M1 Max MacBook Pro versus
2019 Mac Pro's Newest GPUs

November 1st, 2021, by rob-ART morgan, mad scientist

How the 10-core M1 Max MacBook Pro compares to the 12-core 2019 Mac Pro with W6900X and W6800X GPUs.

GRAPH LEGEND

Mac Pro W6900X = 2019 Mac Pro 3.3GHz 12-Core Xeon W CPU, Pro W6900X GPU, and 96GB of 2933 MHz DDR4 memory
Mac Pro W6800X = 2019 Mac Pro 3.3GHz 12-Core Xeon W CPU, Pro W6800X GPU, and 96GB of 2933 MHz DDR4 memory
Mac Pro Vega II= 2019 Mac Pro 3.3GHz 12-Core Xeon W CPU, Pro Vega II GPU, and 96GB of 2933 MHz DDR4 memory
M1 Max MBP = M1 Max MacBook Pro 16" with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core neural engine, and 32GB of unified memory

Adobe Lightroom Classic
Enhancement of 12 images. (LOWER time in Seconds = FASTER)

DaVinci Resolve 17 - Metal
Playback the Pollen 4K project with Temporal NR set to Better Medium, Temporal Threshold set to 25 for Luma & Chroma and set to 50 for Motion and Blend. (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)

GFXBench - Metal
Aztec High Tier OFFscreen. (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)

BasemarkGPU - Metal
Official Test at 4K resolution and High Content Quality. (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. (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)

Shadow of Tomb Raider - Metal
Ran built-in benchmark at 3840x2160 High. (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)

X-Plane-11
Two Minute flight of the SR-71 Jet Fighter. (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)

WHAT DID WE LEARN?

The M1 Max MacBook Pro only beat the 2019 Mac Pro in 1 out of 8 tests we ran using the newest, fastest Apple GPUs.

This was PART THREE of testing. Be sure to check out PART ONE and PART TWO.

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