M2 Max 16' MacBook Pro (2023) Review! Benchmarked, Thermal Tested, & Real-World Use!

I put the new 2023 16-inch MacBook Pro through the test, pushing the M2 Max processor and 38-core GPU to their limits with benchmarks, thermal tests, and real-world examples of how this machine really performs.

Chapters ➡
0:00 Intro
1:09 Ports & design
3:12 FaceTime camera
3:54 Minor Changes
5:42 M2 Max performance, and benchmarks

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[thomassanio]

How is playback on a 8K video at 60 frames per second? I have a 8K set and know it now has HDMI 2.1. Thanks

[ScottsReviews]

I can’t stop staring at your shirt. 😮

[holmesivesmusic]

Nice laptop spin there at the end… confident move like a Globetrotter basketball player 😅

[ThePoliticalMusician]

I bought the fully loaded 16” M2 Max just recently with 2TB storage. This MacBook looks like an absolute unit

[stvnbftg]

I cant decide whether to buy an 16' Macbook Pro with the M2Pro 16RAM and 1TB or the M1Max 32c 32RAM and 1TB ? What do you guys think ?

[tahmeedhossain-bcpz]

Can you please mention how much unified memory you’re using for this one? I actually couldn’t hear you properly.

[morganBH]

I JUST ordered my M2 Pro 16” 32gb 1TB and I am so excited. I am coming from a 2018 Intel i5 13” 4thunderbolt model and it’s a great little computer but my hobbies and jobs have changed since. I am really excited. More money than I’ve ever spent on a computer before but never the less I am stoked.

[rvenden]

How come the spoken Geekbench number for the M1 Max don’t match what is displayed on the screen?

[nancyzou]

Could you tell me which model for M2 Max 16"? thanks

[pickaxebkacolonelpk]

Is this one great for a music production

[AndyGrayedout]

does Is now. the new USB 3.2, I have the M1 16" and you don't get full speed using the Sandisk Extreme PRO Portable USB 3.2

[cemilaltintas]

What happened under your eyes? It s little bit green?

[stephen]

If you use this in clamshell mode I’m going to rip the screen off for you

[VIsTheMusic]

For environmental preservation, why are we still not able to send our M1s back to them to swap the internals if it's the same design still? Boggles my mind. I'm still rocking a pristine 17 inch macbook maxed out in late 2011. Someone would have to gift me one of these for me to upgrade. No thanks. What?!

[thedude]

If Apple upgrade those GPU to handle Blender like NVidia, i'll buy only mac no questions

[decky]

The multi-core difference seems a lot higher than 20%, or is that just me? 17% I get on single core, but multi-core looks like a 36% improvement on Cinebench

[joaoroman]

YouTubers keep reviewing the max version... But almost all of us will buy the base model... non sense