Hello,
I recently upgraded to the base model 14 inch m1 pro, coming from a regular m1 air (8 gpu core model, 16gb ram). It's fine and all, but i noticed some strange stuff.
First of all, is that CPU usage is higher when watching youtube videos on both Safari and Chrome on the 14 inch model than on my M1 Air. For example, when watching a 1080p video on my M1 air, the CPU usage is around 10%. However, when i watch the exact same video with the exact same resolution on my m1 pro, the cpu usage is 15-17%. This happens on both Safari and Chrome. Both macbooks are on Monterey 12.3. They don't have anything else running while watching that video. When i stop the video, cpu usage returns to 2-3% on both of them.
Second of all, the performance in the games i play is wonky at best. For example, in Dota2, on my M1 Air the frame rate is stable when i start playing but it decreases while the macbook starts heating up and starts to throttle. However, on my m1 pro, the frame rate is all over the place. It varies from 40 to 100 constantly and it creates a "choppiness" feeling. Both of them have the same settings, except the m1 pro has an ever so slightly higher resolution (15xx instead of 1400 on the m1 air).
I don't know why it does that, or what i can do about it.
Any suggestions?
I recently upgraded to the base model 14 inch m1 pro, coming from a regular m1 air (8 gpu core model, 16gb ram). It's fine and all, but i noticed some strange stuff.
First of all, is that CPU usage is higher when watching youtube videos on both Safari and Chrome on the 14 inch model than on my M1 Air. For example, when watching a 1080p video on my M1 air, the CPU usage is around 10%. However, when i watch the exact same video with the exact same resolution on my m1 pro, the cpu usage is 15-17%. This happens on both Safari and Chrome. Both macbooks are on Monterey 12.3. They don't have anything else running while watching that video. When i stop the video, cpu usage returns to 2-3% on both of them.
Second of all, the performance in the games i play is wonky at best. For example, in Dota2, on my M1 Air the frame rate is stable when i start playing but it decreases while the macbook starts heating up and starts to throttle. However, on my m1 pro, the frame rate is all over the place. It varies from 40 to 100 constantly and it creates a "choppiness" feeling. Both of them have the same settings, except the m1 pro has an ever so slightly higher resolution (15xx instead of 1400 on the m1 air).
I don't know why it does that, or what i can do about it.
Any suggestions?
