Clock speed difference between Pro and Max?

[Belazor]

My needs are mostly CPU bound (code inspection/analysis, compilation), so I don’t care about GPU performance at all. Is there any indication that there’s a clock speed difference between the Pro and Max?

If the answer is no, then they’ve truly done an amazing thing by allowing us to pay less if we don’t need the GPU horsepower of the Max.

Anyone have any insight, or is this a case of “wait for benchmarks”?

Thanks!

 

[altaic]

The M1 Pro die looks identical to the M1 Max, but with the bottom 1/3 of the die diced off. The parts missing from the Pro are: 1/2 the GPU, 1/2 the system level cache, 1/2 the LPDDR5 controllers, and potentially an undocumented 16 core neural engine. I'd think the CPU clocks would be the same.

 

[Gnattu]

The M1 Pro die looks identical to the M1 Max, but with the bottom 1/3 of the die diced off. The parts missing from the Pro are: 1/2 the GPU, 1/2 the system level cache, 1/2 the LPDDR5 controllers, and potentially an undocumented 16 core neural engine. I'd think the CPU clocks would be the same.

And half of the display engine that drives 2 more external displays

 

[altaic]

And half of the display engine that drives 2 more external displays

Oh, good point. I forgot about that because I have no idea what that looks like on the die.

 

[Belazor]

The M1 Pro die looks identical to the M1 Max, but with the bottom 1/3 of the die diced off. The parts missing from the Pro are: 1/2 the GPU, 1/2 the system level cache, 1/2 the LPDDR5 controllers, and potentially an undocumented 16 core neural engine. I'd think the CPU clocks would be the same.

This is very helpful, thanks! If you had to guess, how much (if at all) would you say the system level cache and memory bandwidth would impact more CPU-bound tasks in terms of performance?

 

[altaic]

This is very helpful, thanks! If you had to guess, how much (if at all) would you say the system level cache and memory bandwidth would impact more CPU-bound tasks in terms of performance?

A vanishing amount. @leman may have a better take.

 

[leman]

This is very helpful, thanks! If you had to guess, how much (if at all) would you say the system level cache and memory bandwidth would impact more CPU-bound tasks in terms of performance?

If I had to guess, I would say "positively" Wed have to wait for the benchmarks for the rest.