M1 Pro: 14 vs 16 core GPU benchmarks

[d.p.]

Any benchmarks comparing the M1 pro ith 14 or 16 GPU cores? Mainly concerned for Lightroom and light video editing.

Just trying to see where to put my money. 10 CPU seems like a no-brainer because you gain 2 of the performance cores and goign 4 to 6 of them really heps anything multi-threaded. Is the extra 100 for 16 vs 14 GPU cores ever going to be noticible? Wondering if I can save some money and put that towards 32GB RAM.

 

[adamjackson]

Get what you can afford but probably the answer is no unless you live in Lightroom 8 hours a day. time is money but if you're saving 5-10 minutes a month, then no it's not worth it. Infinite timeline, sure it is. do you plan on keeping the machine for 10 years and in 10 years, the latest Sony is putting out 250 megabyte RAW files...maybe you'll see the difference in 2 extra cores then.

 

[nylon]

Any benchmarks comparing the M1 pro ith 14 or 16 GPU cores? Mainly concerned for Lightroom and light video editing.

Just trying to see where to put my money. 10 CPU seems like a no-brainer because you gain 2 of the performance cores and goign 4 to 6 of them really heps anything multi-threaded. Is the extra 100 for 16 vs 14 GPU cores ever going to be noticible? Wondering if I can save some money and put that towards 32GB RAM.

This guy tests 3 different GPU configs.

 

[d.p.]

Thanks, that video seems to confirm my thoughts that the 8 to 10 core CPU upgrade adds a lot of performance, the 14 to 16 Cor GPU upgrade is minor.

Will order tonight: 14", 10/14 CPU/GPU, 32GB, 1TB SSD. This will be overkill but well balanced system for 5+ years.

 

[nylon]

Thanks, that video seems to confirm my thoughts that the 8 to 10 core CPU upgrade adds a lot of performance, the 14 to 16 Cor GPU upgrade is minor.

Will order tonight: 14", 10/14 CPU/GPU, 32GB, 1TB SSD. This will be overkill but well balanced system for 5+ years.

Strange. I got the opposite from the video. Increase in CPU cores provides minor performance increase whereas the GPU cores provide significant increase.

 

[d.p.]

(3 min 28)

Going form 8 to 10 CPUs provides a big jump in performance in cinebench, geekbench, blender, Final Cut pro.
The blender GPU test shows no difference between M1 Pro and M! Max (16 vs 24 GPU)

5mins,
Very little GPU difference between 14 and 16 cores. The M1 Max with 24 looks better, but that is not an option for me.

 

[nylon]

The M1 Max with 24 looks better, but that is not an option for me.

Ah ok, now I see where you're coming from.

 

[JohnnySparrow88]

Thanks, that video seems to confirm my thoughts that the 8 to 10 core CPU upgrade adds a lot of performance, the 14 to 16 Cor GPU upgrade is minor.

Will order tonight: 14", 10/14 CPU/GPU, 32GB, 1TB SSD. This will be overkill but well balanced system for 5+ years.

Hey mate, how are you getting on with the configuration? I have been deciding on exactly same factors and came to a same conclusion as you did with the difference of not upgrading SSD and I have my projects intentionally split across multiple external hard-drives. Your post definitely helped me to decide, so cheers for that .

 

[Tbrazier1]

Thanks, that video seems to confirm my thoughts that the 8 to 10 core CPU upgrade adds a lot of performance, the 14 to 16 Cor GPU upgrade is minor.

Will order tonight: 14", 10/14 CPU/GPU, 32GB, 1TB SSD. This will be overkill but well balanced system for 5+ years.

How has it worked out for you?? Happy with the decision? Have noticed performance issues or regretted not getting the extra 2 cores?

 

[iron-25]

Hey there.
I'm planning to buy the following for my project:

14‑inch MacBook Pro - Space Gray

Apple M1 Pro with 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine

32GB unified memory

1TB SSD storage

Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch ID - Russian Keyboard Language

$2,899.00 <- the current price

My project is to make videos on either Final Cut or Adobe Premiere Pro.
Also planning to start learning Swift UI on this machine.

Do you think that will be enough?

 

[iron-25]

FUY
Here I found an interesting comparison between 14 vs 16 core GPU

addition:
some other opinions here (reddit) and here.

 

[l0stl0rd]

(3 min 28)

Going form 8 to 10 CPUs provides a big jump in performance in cinebench, geekbench, blender, Final Cut pro.
The blender GPU test shows no difference between M1 Pro and M! Max (16 vs 24 GPU)

5mins,
Very little GPU difference between 14 and 16 cores. The M1 Max with 24 looks better, but that is not an option for me.

Inwould not necessarily base my decision on a 1 year old video when it comes to blender.

Here some numbers from the faire recent 3.4 version