I want something future-proof, sure, but I also don't want to overpay for power I'll never use. Also, the M1 Max ran Rise of the Tomb Raider at 74fps, much faster than the 39fps rate of the M1 Pro.Īll of this had me leaning toward M1 Pro, as I do not plan to push this MacBook Pro to its graphical extremes.
On the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited test, the M1 Pro took home a score of 10,386 at 62.17 frames per second, behind the M1 Max's 20,220 score at 121 frames per second. Graphics tests saw the M1 Max win out, though. That happened with the multi-core Geekbench 5 scores (M1 Pro: 12,477, M1 Max: 12,683) and our Handbrake video transcoding test (M1 Pro: 4:51, M1 Max: 4:48, where lesser is better) and the PugetBench Photoshop test (M1 Pro: 806, 4:54, M1 Max: 877, 4:44). In my review, I compared the 10-core M1 Pro-powered 14-inch MacBook Pro to a 10-core M1 Max-based 16-inch MacBook Pro, and found that they often had similar (or similar enough) scores. As someone who only needs to connect to one monitor at a time at the most, I knew the Pro would be closer to what I needed. The first sign of this was when Apple said M1 Max systems could extend their displays to up to 4 displays at once (up to three of 6K displays plus one 4K panel), while the M1 Pro could merely connect to up to two 6K displays. I know, for a fact, that I don't need that turbo-charged M1 Max power. Though the binary decision of Apple M1 Pro vs M1 Max was as easy as anything. Next up, was figuring out how much power I needed, and this was arguably the trickiest step of the entire process.
My choice: 14-inch MacBook Pro ($1,999) Picking a MacBook Pro 2021: M1 Pro or M1 Max? Both feature MagSafe 3 charging, HDMI-out, three Thunderbolt 4/USB4 ports, a headphone jack and an SD memory reader. This decision is also made easier by the face that neither model has more or less ports. This was the juuuuust right Goldilocks option, and the easiest call of the bunch. Holding it, I knew pretty quickly that I wouldn't want a larger chassis. But then I got the 14-inch model in my hands for my review.
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