Which in 2023? M2 Pro vs M1 Max MacBook Pro

I kick off the M2 Pro MacBook Pro test with a pretty large sized XCode project with lots of dependencies, and a huge real app build.

#m2pro #m2max #softwaredevelopment

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[woolfel]

I got my M2Max 38 GPU / 96G on friday and spent the weekend testing it for ML workloads. I'm psyched with what I see so far. The scaling of the GPU is better than M1Max and CreateML will use 80G of memory to train object detection model! Once Apple updates CreateML to use ANE, it should be even better for doing ML research and experiments. Definitely way cheaper than buying 2 Nvidia Tesla A100 40G which go for $9, 500 each. To build a comparable windows workstation that can train models that need 80G you'd have to spend 20K.

[InstantLuc]

This is hero level content! Not all of us are video editors, many of us are devs or work in IT

[primax]

What better to pick if in my country we have the same price for M1 max 32gb 1TB or M2 pro 16gb 512gb ???

[anshrathod]

im watching this not because i want to see the comparison but only because alex is making video.

[dadthelad]

Nice, but I'd love to see the battery usage results too. A big chunk of the M2 speed increase was due to bumping up the raw clock speed, which of course increases speed, power usage, temperature, and thus battery usage. I buy my MBP for its portability, and battery life is a huge factor. So I'm curious, the M2 is faster to finish the task, but draws more power while completing the task, so which used the most overall battery drain? I suspect the M2 actually wins on this too, as some of the speed improvements are NOT due to increased clock speed. I'd love to know for sure though.

[Franktek]

Hey Alex. The Schwarz 2.0 improvement is way better than the M1 vs M2 improvements 😃

[withoutwroeirs]

Seems like the M2 Pro is using more power, perhaps that would cause the battery to exhaust sooner than the M1 Max when you're mobile?

[juandediosmartinezvallejo]

That finger device is the best thing I've ever seen!

[Yukeake]

It'd be interesting to see an overclocked M1 with similar power/thermal tolerances to what's allowed for the M2. Obviously the M2 is incrementally "faster", but how much of that is that is due to the architecture, vs how much is due to simply brute force with allowing more power/heat to push the processor harder?

[Ian-tqpb]

Keep these videos up! Real world development benchmarks are so important but your channel is the only one who covers it properly ☺ I’d love to see web-based technologies benchmarked. Eg IntelliJ platform, Webpack/Vite builds, etc 👍

[ellandill]

I'd interested in m2 pro base model with 6P cores and 32GB/1TB, interested if I can hear the fan on daily basis as I've seen cooling is a bit smaller. m1 max is actually a bit more expensive. Usually I've open a few intelii idea + many servers but the workload is not that big and 6P should be ok

[drreg]

Very nice comparison. So there is no magic just more watts, more cores and some more power. I think M1 Max/M1 pro has more power efficiency for developers and it provides more battery life.

[danny_the_K]

So It looks like the Pro chip is the way to go if you are paying for the hardware yourself. I am very happy with my M1 Pro base model, but if I was buying it today I’d head right for the M2 Pro base model in the 16” MBP…

[vorkosiganhs]

Hi Alex, here in Poland, prices for the M1 Max went down about 20-30% as soon new models were released. So, with the same price you get a M2 Pro 1TB 32GB, you can get the same M1 Max, but M1 provides 32 GPU cores instead of 19 GPU in the M2 Pro.
I saw other GPU tests (I kind of a gamer as well), and I decided to get the M1 Max: same price as the M2 Pro, but better for gaming.

[yuko]

Which one should i buy for the same price?

[yuryregis]

Very good content!
Would a test comparison of the 3d graphics between the M1 MAX and the M2 PRO be possible?
I'm in doubt if I should get 2 more CPU cores from the M2 Pro or the 13 more GPU cores from the M1 Max.

[adrianceasar]

You can replace the finger with a short script syncronize with a clock NTP server :)

[danc]

Been finding comparison video like this! Great work! It helped me in making my buying decision..

[PerpetualPreponderer]

Schwarzenegger 2.0 is hands down the better upgrade compared to the m2 over the m1! It’s awesome!!! 🤩

[RACAPE]

Watching all the videos I can. I literally have an M2 Pro 16 inch 1TB 16gb ram in my cart. Would be my first MacBook ever. I want to use it for web development(React and Angular), to learn iOS development, maybe some basic video editing( I want to start a YouTube channel about smart home stuff) and some photo editing. It will be good for at least 4-5 years?