Mac vs Windows in 2024: Can Apple's M4 Pro BEAT Windows?

Can Apple's BEST Value M4 Pro MacBook Pro BEAT the Best Value 16" Windows Laptop? Let's Find out!
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Timestamps ⬇️
M4 Pro vs AMD HX 370 Laptop - 00:00
Spec List & Prices - 0:15
Ports Compared - 0:46
SSD Storage Sped Test - 1:08
Geekbench 6 CPU Test - 1:23
Web Browsing Performance - 2:08
Figma Web Design - 2:31
Geekbench 6 Metal - 3:33
3DMark Steel Nomad Light - 4:31
soundcore Boom 2/Plus - 4:49
3DMark Solar Bay Test - 6:29
Blender 3D Rendering - 6:49
Thermal Throttling Test - 7:49
Cinebench 2024 CPU - 8:37
Lightroom Classic Photo Editing - 9:06
Davinci Resolve 4K HEVC - 10:39
Davinci Resolve 6K BRAW - 11:11
Which Laptop to Buy in 2024? - 12:30

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[lakeoffm]

The main downside of a windows laptop is that you had to have it plugged in all the time to keep it competitive

[CrackerGall]

Somebody tell these guys that nobody measures the speed of exporting files from figma, it's not video rendering. figma is a tool for digital designers - they don't export these files for further work, they just pass the link to the layout to the developers. please.

[WolfTheth]

No battery test?
As someone who uses their laptop mainly not plugged in I would really like to see the difference on how they run off the plug.

[nathan]

"I don't recommend people buy a Mac for gaming."

I don't recommend people buy a laptop for gaming.

[DJsWorld]

I am still rocking the M1 MacBook Air 16gb ram 512 storage and it’s still kicking with 100 percent Battery capacity won’t be upgrading no time soon.. MacBook Air for the win 🏆

[CAMTechChris]

The main downside of a Windows laptop is that it’s a Windows laptop!😎

[charlievarley]

On Blender, are you using the Metal RT (experimental) on the M4 pro? Unfortunately, I cannot see what any of the settings or output resolutions were used in yours or the other videos.

With blender, there are videos showing BASE M4 10 core GPU, rendering the Party Tug and finishing in 45 seconds, and the BMW finishing in 25 seconds.

Also, FYI, the M4 pro can sometimes render faster if the viewport is set to shading or wireframe as it consumes less ram.

[ytv]

The 20 core GPU beating an RTX 4070. I never thought I’d see the day. EVEN the binned M4 Max marching an RTX 4080 laptop is WILD

[Genowds]

Macs stand out with their powerful processors and superior build quality. The M4-powered MacBook Air/Pro significantly outperforms the integrated GPUs in ultra-portable Windows laptops and delivers impressive overall performance. The M4 Pro rivals RTX 4050-4060 levels, while the M4 Max competes with RTX 4070-4080 laptops. While Windows laptops are generally more affordable, they often compromise on screen quality, materials, camera, speakers, and battery life. The choice should be based on individual needs and priorities.

[heirtothethrone]

We all know by now that windows laptop can't compete with Macs. Why keep doing comparisons 😢

[motionblurgamer]

HEVC have many different variants. While Apples variant is fast to export, it might not be the best in terms of quality per byte.
To test video export properly you’ll also need to look at the quality of the exported file. Regarding this I would also like to se a comparison between the older M1/2/3 encoder vs. the M4 encoder. Is the M4 encoder just faster, or is it faster and better? Or maybe it is faster because it is worse.

I think you should have (at least) 3 standardized shots that you always use to judge codec quality. A shot with many particles moving in random directions. A dark scene with some simple movement and smooth gradients, since dark scenes are usually compressed worse. And a normally lit static shot with some simple repetitive motion.

Export should also be done at different bitrates. Codec differences are often hard to spot above 15Mbps, but are often easy to spot at 5Mbps. If there is still no difference at 5Mbps, export a 2Mbps version just to check if they aren’t identical.

In the Windows community NVIDIA is generally considered to have a noticeably better video encoder than AMD in terms of quality.

Only when turning off hardware acceleration and using the software encoder should the HEVC file be the same across both machines. That would be a more useful test to test performance. Quality of a software encoder is also usually better even if it is a lot slower.

Also note that NVIDIA and AMD doesn’t have hardware acceleration of 4:2:2 H.265/HEVC and 4:2:2 H.264/AVC. Only 4:2:0 and 4:4:4 H.265/HEVC and H.264/AVC. 4:2:2 is most common in professional cameras.

[darcsentor]

Just got a 14 core m4 Mac mini. It’s 25% faster than my water cooled Amd 9950x in compiling the same code. Was expecting it to be similar not faster.

[Tonielaus]

7:47 I have the same chip configuration on an M4 Pro Mac Mini and that blender scene takes less than 20 seconds to render

[kalgooksoo]

It is very generous of Max Tech for testing both laptops plugged in 🤣

[ducktails]

Now run all of these tests again on battery and we'll have the real story. Keeping them plugged in is useless. If the PC laptop has to stay plugged in to remain competitive then it's useless as a laptop.

[thomaspalmer]

It’s simple: The M4 Pro is better for CPU intensive tasks, and the RTX 4070 is better for gaming. Everyone watching this probably already knew this.

[DanRustle]

i moved away from windoes 6 years ago and have never looked back

[astrack]

The specs are similar enough but the ram is super different

[chrisak]

Its just too bad Bootcamp Windows doesn't work anymore on the new Apple Macs

[tau]

For your testing, you should also take performance in AI handling into account—perhaps even include training a simple model. This is a task that we’ll increasingly rely on computers for in the future. Cheers!