Annoying fan noise on M4 Pro MacBook Pro

[azerty800]

Is it just me or the fans are a lot more annoying on the M4 series?

I'm coming from a dead silent M1 Pro and the fans caught me off guard immediately. I've gotten used to the luxury of a dead quiet system and now the fans on my M4 Pro MacBook Pro just keep coming on even when I'm doing nothing with it. All I need to do is plug the charger for them to start spinning. They were spinning for half an hour while I was doing nothing but browsing Chrome with 4 tabs open (How is that even possible?) and not even charging. Also, the minimum spin is 2400rpm which I can definitely hear whereas it's 1200rpm (much more quiet) on my M1 Pro and they never even kicked in anyway until it was under load.

I'm thinking of returning it if I can't find a fix.

(I'm on the 20 GPU version of the M4 Pro, 14 inch)

 

[ironhide0427]

My M4 Max does turn on the fans a little bit more often than my M1 Max BUT only during heavy work (I attribute this to more power needing more cooling) not by just using Chrome . I am using it now and its dead silent with 6 Chrome tabs open. Exchange it for a different unit.

 

[azerty800]

My M4 Max does turn on the fans a little bit more often than my M1 Max BUT only during heavy work (I attribute this to more power needing more cooling) not by just using Chrome . I am using it now and its dead silent with 6 Chrome tabs open. Exchange it for a different unit.

I think you're correct. I'm watching a stream with 1 tab open, nothing else. Fan running at 2300 rpm. Another guy on youtube returned his 16 inch M4 Max and Apple said it was faulty. It's weird because Apple is so consistent in their manufacturing process.

 

[dpny]

I don't know if the fans have come on once on my 16" M4 Pro. Maybe a question for your local Apple Store?