m1 vs m1 max connected to studio display - Max feels way faster?

[erkanasu]

Usually, I connect my M1 16GB Mini to my studio display - but I connected my MBP M1 MAX and noticed the whole experience on the studio display feels much snappier, and smoother, and even colors look better. This shocked me - I figured the speed differences were for gaming and hardcore intensive tasks - not the day-to-day small tasks. Has anyone else noticed this? I'm having a hard time wanting to use the m1 now lol!

 

[theorist9]

That's a surprising (and thus interesting) finding. Do you have another montior you could try this with?

 

[erkanasu]

That's a surprising (and thus interesting) finding. Do you have another montior you could try this with?

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[Slartibart]

Assuming both machines run the same version of MacOS - can you kindly check via ColorSync wether they are using the same color profile? That would be my first guess on what’s the reason for color differences.

 

[Malus120]

Nothing but anecdotal evidence here but I can attest to a similar experience regarding the snappiness/smoothness of the M1 Max vs the OG M1 when using an external display(s.)

When I first got my M1 Max MBP it felt like a huge leap in performance running two 4K monitors compared to my M1 MBA (thermal modded) running even one 4K screen.

Can't say I noticed a difference in color saturation though.