M1 Max is fast, but HOW fast? | M1 Max vs Intel Core i9 MacBook Pro

Testing the MacBook Pro M1 Max (10 core 64Gb) against the MacBook Pro Intel Core i9 (8 core 64Gb) in a Chrome and Safari to see the Speedometer 2 scores for JavaScript app tests. Both machines running the latest Monterey and same versions of everything.

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[schneidero]

Something tells me the M1 Air is a machine apple didn't expect it to be a pro in disguise

[casperes]

I'm going to say memory latency is the reason here. M1 Pro/Max have more memory bandwidth but it comes at a latency cost. For most workloads the larger SLC cache will offset it - if your data is small enough it'll be in the super fast cache (though if it's really tiny the cache was technically a tad faster on M1 as well) and if it's big enough the extra bandwidth helps. But if it's just the right (or wrong) size the lower latency may play in more than the added bandwidth while still breaking through the SLC cache. Or maybe it is a matter of what I said before, both tests fit in the SLC and the SLC is faster on the M1 but bigger on the M1 Pro/Max

[io_inc]

lol.. you got me here 3:03, you should refer to intel as the "Twin Jet Machine"

[captainlennyjapan]

Alex, could you please test how is the performance between 8 core vs 10 core and 16gb vs 32gb ram?

I saw Max Tech video that showed no difference but I’m really curious how developer experience would be with dockers, ides, vscode, simulators, many browser tabs open.

[parsanasirimehr]

Great video. glad you checked which cores the JS thread is running on. I admit this has me stomped. As always, JS works in mysterious ways 😂😂😂

[tharu]

M1 air is seems like a sleeper car.Maybe not on the extremely heavy tasks.But still a really good choice.Bought one few months ago after watching ur tests, So far i don't regret.Awesome device

[VolkerKtnbch]

Hi Alex, Love your videos. Extremely useful. Always. You hit the need of the developers on the spot. Looking forward to my M1 Max to arrive end of November

[corvinyt]

I wouldn't be surprised if the M1 Pro/Max are throttled lower to 3Ghz to add some thermal room for the additional cores, similar to the way Intel did with their 6- vs 8-core CPUs in the MBPs.

[aUPSdriver]

I actually laughed out loud at the leafblower bit, great videos keep it up!

[SahilMalik]

Excellent videos Alex. You should do a thorough treatise on virtualizing via UTM - it claims to do even x86 W11 which might be a game changer for many.

[xinaesthetic]

My washing machine is running in the same room while I watch this, and it decided to kick in with a loud part of the cycle bang-on cue at 3:04.

[NytronX]

Can you do a video on web browsing performance in a meaningful way? Like for example, Gmail is typically notorious for loading horrendously slow in the browser due to client side being busy with work while it loads the PWA. What other common things do we use that lag the DOM? Youtube 8k runs like it's 144p for me, no browser lag.
This base model M1 Pro absolutely chews through all forms of DOM lag in a way that seems like it's a computer from the future. It is stunningly fast.

[benpearce]

Another great video Alex. I’m super excited for my max to arrive tomorrow! Coming from a 2014 pro to this is going to destroy my Xcode builds. For me it’s all about the multi core and gpu performance for ml work and project compilations. 😁

[buntupana]

Cool videos for developers Alexander! thanks for them. I wondering if you you could test the new M1 Pro/Max with the Android Benchmark like you did with the M1.

[studiostorm]

Hey Alex, I just ran several Speedometer 2.0 tests on my M1 MAX 64GB ram MacBook Pro, and scores ranged between 280 and 284.2, having set the battery to 'Automatic' and 'High' Energy Mode. So it does smash the MacBook air M1.

[cliffparent]

I saw an article mentioning that the new MacBooks don't have as fast a wi-fi chip as previous macs. Maybe try your tests with a hard-wired connection to see if that makes a difference.

[nyambe]

I've got another theory. A four cylinder porche is going to handle low speed acceleration a lot better than a v8. But in a straight line, the V8 will eventually blow past the porche. So it is posible that in simple tasks, the 4 cores actually do better. They are actually working harder to achieve the same power. Same is true o a 1 cylinder 2 stroke engine, vs a 2 cylinder 4 stroke engine. The 8 cores are probably optimized for sustained high power jobs.

[raufin]

Wow hilarious that how a developer brings down an M1 Max to its knees in just few lines of code

[ivangaliatin]

Nice test! Could you check that the actual pixel size of the test zone is identical on both machines, it is defined in "px" (800px x 600px) and "px" is not actual pixels, it's dependent on your scaling. For macbook air as I see the device pixel ratio is 2 (1px = 2 actual pixels), but maybe it's different on the new M1 Pro laptops

[garynagle]

I was hoping for a little bit so steam or something when you maxed out the cpus. Lol. Just kidding. Great video