MacBook Pro creative pro tests question value of M1 Max chip

“ There are specific tasks that see a significant difference. If you’re editing ProRes video or working with Apple’s Metal graphics API, there is a clear benefit to the more powerful chip. But that isn’t the case for many creative tasks…”

I mean…yeah..that’s sort of how these things are supposed to work, right?

I get that a lot of consumers aren’t experts and rely on the marketing. So when they buy the most expensive laptop that Apple will sell then they expect it to be considerably “better” than the next rung down the ladder. I guess I just don’t blame Apple for that like I should?

Maybe the marketing materials could be more clear and lay out the exact cases where it would be better. But I just don’t think most people would read it.

Use cases that depend primarily on CPU and do not need significant GPU processing show similar performance between the Pro and Max chips with have exactly the same CPU core count. 10 cores = 10 cores

It was pretty clear when Apple released these 2 variants of the M1 chip that the purpose of the Max was to provide a significantly larger GPU for specific processing needs. Many applications spend most of their time using the CPU with only moderate to minimal use of the GPU.

This is the expected outcome.