Anandtech reviews Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max Chips - "have to bring out server-class hardware to get ahead of the M1 Max – it’s just generally absurd"

[Tears of the Cows 1,206]

These computers are insane. I can’t imagine my standard M1 being any faster.. these gains are absolutely mind blowing. 
 

"The chips here aren't only able to outclass any competitor laptop design, but also competes against the best desktop systems out there, you'd have to bring out server-class hardware to get ahead of the M1 Max – it's just generally absurd."
 

[Tears of the Cows 1,206]

Hermits don’t want no smoke with apple

[Mr. House 3,371]

Oh wow, a good CPU.

[DynamiteCop 2,085]

A consumer grade 5900X dumps on this CPU not to mention it's completely handicapped by its limp dick GPU so what's the point?

 

"server-class"

 

[jehurey 3,228]

M1 Max With 32-Core GPU Is Slower Than 100W Laptop RTX 3080, Barely Beats Low-Wattage RTX 3060 in Gaming Benchmarks

By Omar Sohail

Oct 25, 2021 12:05 EDT

 

Despite the massive leap in the compute and graphics performance Apple’s M1 Max is able to achieve, it may take some time for these custom chipsets to beat modern-day graphics processors, according to the latest benchmarks. The top-tier silicon from Apple that touts a 32-core GPU handily gets beaten by a laptop RTX 3080 with a 100W power limit.

M1 Pro With 14-Core GPU Much Slower Than 70W Laptop RTX 3060, Reveals Latest Numbers

The press and reviewers published their findings on Apple’s 2021 MacBook Pro line, and YouTuber Dave2D was keen on providing his results when it came to gaming performance. When running a Tomb Raider benchmark at 1440p, the M1 Max with a 32-core GPU attains 83FPS, while a laptop RTX 3060 with a 70W power limit achieves 79FPS, with a 100W RTX 3080 outperforming both with a 112FPS result. The M1 Pro with a 14-core GPU is the slowest out of the bunch, only managing 57FPS.

 

Also, keep in mind that these are low-powered NVIDIA RTX GPUs, and some laptop manufacturers use 115W RTX 3060 and 150W RTX 3080 units, which will undoubtedly crush the low-powered counterparts thanks to their higher power limits. Even in the Geekbench results, the M1 Max cannot even beat the 70W RTX 3060, which is plain disappointing. Fortunately, both the M1 Max and M1 Pro manage to beat NVIDIA’s RTX GPUs in GFXBench 5.0, but we believe that is because some benchmarks favor certain chips over others.

 

For instance, AnTuTu favors Android chipsets over Apple’s A-series ones for some reason, but when you are running a proper gaming benchmark and these results show up in front of you, you realize the performance gap of the M1 Pro and M1 Max.

 

 

At least the plus-side of seeing this information is that consumers will not have to spend boatloads of money to get their hands on an M1 Max MacBook Pro, assuming their sole purpose is for gaming and not for anything else. Then again, if you are spending this kind of money on gaming, you would rather get a decked-out gaming laptop than any 2021 MacBook Pro model.

https://wccftech.com/m1-max-slower-than-laptop-rtx-3080-in-gaming-benchmarks/

 

 

This plays out the same way, every time.

[Tears of the Cows 1,206]

2 hours ago, jehurey said:

M1 Max With 32-Core GPU Is Slower Than 100W Laptop RTX 3080, Barely Beats Low-Wattage RTX 3060 in Gaming Benchmarks

By Omar Sohail

Oct 25, 2021 12:05 EDT

 

Despite the massive leap in the compute and graphics performance Apple’s M1 Max is able to achieve, it may take some time for these custom chipsets to beat modern-day graphics processors, according to the latest benchmarks. The top-tier silicon from Apple that touts a 32-core GPU handily gets beaten by a laptop RTX 3080 with a 100W power limit.

M1 Pro With 14-Core GPU Much Slower Than 70W Laptop RTX 3060, Reveals Latest Numbers

The press and reviewers published their findings on Apple’s 2021 MacBook Pro line, and YouTuber Dave2D was keen on providing his results when it came to gaming performance. When running a Tomb Raider benchmark at 1440p, the M1 Max with a 32-core GPU attains 83FPS, while a laptop RTX 3060 with a 70W power limit achieves 79FPS, with a 100W RTX 3080 outperforming both with a 112FPS result. The M1 Pro with a 14-core GPU is the slowest out of the bunch, only managing 57FPS.

 

Also, keep in mind that these are low-powered NVIDIA RTX GPUs, and some laptop manufacturers use 115W RTX 3060 and 150W RTX 3080 units, which will undoubtedly crush the low-powered counterparts thanks to their higher power limits. Even in the Geekbench results, the M1 Max cannot even beat the 70W RTX 3060, which is plain disappointing. Fortunately, both the M1 Max and M1 Pro manage to beat NVIDIA’s RTX GPUs in GFXBench 5.0, but we believe that is because some benchmarks favor certain chips over others.

 

For instance, AnTuTu favors Android chipsets over Apple’s A-series ones for some reason, but when you are running a proper gaming benchmark and these results show up in front of you, you realize the performance gap of the M1 Pro and M1 Max.

 

 

At least the plus-side of seeing this information is that consumers will not have to spend boatloads of money to get their hands on an M1 Max MacBook Pro, assuming their sole purpose is for gaming and not for anything else. Then again, if you are spending this kind of money on gaming, you would rather get a decked-out gaming laptop than any 2021 MacBook Pro model.

https://wccftech.com/m1-max-slower-than-laptop-rtx-3080-in-gaming-benchmarks/

 

 

This plays out the same way, every time.

Who was talking gaming? This is pure cpu power

[DynamiteCop 2,085]

33 minutes ago, ghostz said:

Who was talking gaming? This is pure cpu power

You're on a gaming forum

[jehurey 3,228]

1 hour ago, ghostz said:

Who was talking gaming? This is pure cpu power

jesus christ.

 

you know its bad when even fucking dynocrap is scoring off of you.

 

yeah, who buys very expensive laptops for it to do MORE things? that's crazy.