M4 Max vs M1/M2/M3 Max MacBook Pro - ULTIMATE COMPARISON

Apple's M4 Max MacBook Pro is HERE, but how much faster is the 16" model than the previous M3 Max, M2 Max and M1 Max 16" models?

Timestamps ⬇️
M1 Max vs M2 Max vs M3 Max vs M4 Max - 00:00
SSD Speed Comparison - 01:14
Geekbench 6 CPU - 01:53
Speedometer 3.0 - 03:04
Figma Web Design - 03:21
Xcode Benchmark - 04:01
Logic Pro Benchmark - 04:53
Geekbench 6 GPU - 05:52
Peak GPU Power Usage - 06:26
3DMark Steel Nomad Light - 07:31
Blender Party Tug - 07:54
Cinebench 2024 GPU - 09:05
Cinebench 2024 CPU Stress Test - 09:47
Clock Speed Throttling Compared - 10:30
Fan Speed under Load - 11:13
How much does clock speed drop? 12:18
Thermal Throttling Compared - 13:13
Lightroom 50x Photo Export - 14:37
Heavy Lightroom Throttling - 15:24
Lightroom 500x Photo Export - 16:51
Battery Life Results After 3 Hours - 17:56
Final Cut Pro 11 Encoder Test - 18:58
Canon C200 Raw AI Magnetic Mask - 20:20
Canon C200 5 Minute Export - 21:27
Should You Upgrade to M4 Max? - 22:40

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[NotGarrettG]

PLEASE DO THIS EXACT SAME TEST WITH M1 Pro, M2 Pro, M3 Pro & M4 Pro (unbinned) ! PLEASE!

[TheRittyl]

Please never stop making these kind of comparison videos. Whether it's cameras, lenses, MacBooks, iPhones, headphones. You bros just make the best content by far! I've got the 14" M1 Max MBP and damn I've wanted a video like this just out of curiosity of where the new machines are (not wanting to upgrade any time soon, so hoping the gains won't make me too jealous), and this video just nailed exactly what I wanted to learn, from audio production to video, web dev and battery life... anyway, just thanks for the great work 🙏🏻

[OlexandrIgnatov]

OK, so basically M3 max is the best value now.

[KevinFuggi]

Yep still keeping my M1 Pro machine, still a beast today when it comes to real world performance.

[CorneliusCreations]

You guys deserve a public service award for this one! Great job!

[kalef]

3:04 M2 is 22.7% faster than M1 Max. M4 Max is 21.4% faster than M3 Max. Tech press reaction to M2: "meh not worth it" Tech press reaction to M3: "OMG this is a REAL upgrade!" 😅 On another note, my 7950X desktop got 25.4 in Speedometer 3 while my M3 Max laptop got 37. apple silicon is FAST

[zeuscheng]

I'm glad that I bought m3 max earlier this year, it seems like it's much more balanced between heat and performance.

[ztt]

Your videos are the best in English YouTube segment! Keep going!

[kevini]

Would love to see some local LLMs as tests as well as local image generation. These unified memory systems can do a lot of local stuff with larger models.

[briancase]

When you say, "overhead" you mean "headroom." And, the M4 encoder is faster because its clock speed is faster than the previous chips.

[m-stat]

These kind of tests and comparisons are helpful, thank you! M2 and especially M3 owners are still doing fine, but being a 24c/32GB M1 Max owner, even the upgrade to the 20c/48GB M4 Pro could be worthwhile… otherwise I take the 32c M4 Max (I never go for the unbinned Max because I prefer less heat and fan noise).

[kwameryan]

Thanks so much for including us music professionals! 😊

[zihadhasz]

im currently using M1 macbook air and still fast enough and pretty good battery life me as a teacher. hope this M1 can serve me well for another 3-5 years

[jayyjayygaming]

For most people, I would not recommend upgrading at all if you have M1 or M2 Pro/Max. Own and use your machine for at least 4-5 years, or even longer before you upgrade. I still have an Intel 16-Inch Macbook pro with an i9 and I'm still happy with it and I see no reason to upgrade at all. Maybe I'll wait until M6/M7 or until I stop getting security updates.

[abdurrahmankhan]

Would like to see a comparison between the 16” M4 Pro 48/512 and the 16” M3 Max 36/1tb. Thinking about buying one of them.

[Toglander]

The SSD read/write speeds are significantly faster on the M4 if you upgrade the storage amount.

[StudioKReviews]

This is the reference channel on YouTube when it comes to Macs! Now do Mac Mini M4 Pro 24GB vs 48GB RAM I really want to see that 😂

[DocCarolina]

Per Apple's published battery life for the Max MacBook Pros - The M3 max actually DOES have a longer battery life than the M4 Max (22 hours vs 21 hours of video streaming).

[vadersgoldfish]

Was really hoping to learn more about Final Cut performance improvements in timeline editing, and exporting with optimised media. But thank you for everything you provided in this video. 👍🏻

[utuwarokka]

The best comparison I have ever seen. Well done.