14" M2 pro 19 core vs 14" M2 max 30 core

[ccstriker]

Hi,
I cannot find benchmarking for these exact models:
M2 pro 19 core / 32gb / 2tb
M2 max 30 core / 64gb / 2tb
With a somewhat acceptable difference of $600 (seen those models are anyway very expensive) I wonder what is the best compromise between power and heat in such a small body (very hot summers where I live and continuous fans are somewhat annoying). I do occasional 4k video editing, 8k would be great, perspectively.
Any feedback of real data and experience with these products is very welcome
Thanks for your help

 

[dmccloud]

For those configs, you'd have to do a deep dive into specific benchmarks and check the system specs. Neither one is a "typical" or preconfigured build, so they would be fewer and further between on the benchmark sites. I do have GB6 results for the M2 Max 30-core with 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD, but that's as close as I can get to your config.

 

[fs454]

Based on your workflow, go with the Max. $600 is small change over the course of a handful of years of high performance editing and I would say you'd absolutely see the difference against the M2 Pro. I don't have the benchmarks laid out but having used M1 Pro and M1 Max in similar scenarios, the max is noticeably more brisk in a Premiere Pro / After Effects workflo, but both of them absolutely ran circles around my old intel i9 16" from 2019.

I would also lean 16" if you have that as a possibility too, given your note on heat and fans. The 14" is extremely efficient (at least my M1 Max model is) but the 16 has notably more thermal headroom for extreme climates than the 14 does. I have zero thermal issues, throttling, performance reduction over time under load, and hardly ever hear a fan, tho. These machines are not known to be thermally sensitive, but the 16" cooling hardware is just much bigger and might help in hotter environments.