M3 Max - Benchmarks / Puget / Davinci Resolve

[troy_e]

Hello

I'm looking for some benchmark results comparing the 16" M3 Max 14-CPU / 30-GPU vs 16-CPU / 40-GPU models with regards to the Davinci Resolve benchmark test by Puget Bench.

Are there any owners of either of the above machines who could kindly run this test and report the results?

Puget Bench test: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/PugetBench-for-DaVinci-Resolve-1523/
Davinci Resolve: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve# (free download available on this page)

Many thanks

 

[lclev]

Unless I am not understanding what you want - PugetBench for DaVinci Resolve only runs on a Windows PC. No Mac version yet.

 

[AndreeOnline]

Not exactly what you want, but perhaps you can use the info for something. I posted this on Blackmagic's forum for another user and I'm just pasting it here, more or less:

[TL;DR: I'm a very happy M3 Max owner who upgraded from M1 Max due to the new hardware raytracing and Blender's performance. Had the M3 Max "just been a speedbump", I would have kept my M1 Max, which I still thought worked great]

These are scores from my benchmark Standard Candle UHD: Rocket Science (more scores from more Macs and some PCs on that forum)

MacBook Pro M1 Max

09 Blur: 32 fps
18 Blur: 16 fps
30 Blur: 10 fps
66 Blur: 5 fps

1 TNR: 49 fps
2 TNR: 24 fps
4 TNR: 12 fps
6 TNR: 8 fps

MacBook Pro M3 Max

09 blur = 39.5
18 blur = 20.25
30 blur = 12.25
66 blur = 5.5

01 TNR = 63.5
02 TNR = 30
04 TNR = 14.5
06 TNR = 9.5

Faster, but not "I have to run out and buy a new M3 Max at once"-faster, if Resovle is your main focus.

In comparison, my relatively basic 2019 Mac Pro with 12c and two Vega Pro II:

09 blur = 78
18 blur = 43
30 blur = 27
66 blur = 13

01 TNR = 64
02 TNR = 35.5
04 TNR = 18.5
06 TNR = 13

But I'm very happy with my M3 Max. I do more Blender than Resolve and in Blender that benchmark score jumped from around 1000 to 3440. My Mac Pro scores around 850 per card, so 1700 total for two GPUs with 32GB Ram each.
That is thanks to the new raytracing and general architecture, and it was the reason why I moved from M1 Max to M3 Max.

 

[troy_e]

Not exactly what you want, but perhaps you can use the info for something. I posted this on Blackmagic's forum for another user and I'm just pasting it here, more or less:

[TL;DR: I'm a very happy M3 Max owner who upgraded from M1 Max due to the new hardware raytracing and Blender's performance. Had the M3 Max "just been a speedbump", I would have kept my M1 Max, which I still thought worked great]

These are scores from my benchmark Standard Candle UHD: Rocket Science (more scores from more Macs and some PCs on that forum)

MacBook Pro M1 Max

09 Blur: 32 fps
18 Blur: 16 fps
30 Blur: 10 fps
66 Blur: 5 fps

1 TNR: 49 fps
2 TNR: 24 fps
4 TNR: 12 fps
6 TNR: 8 fps

MacBook Pro M3 Max

09 blur = 39.5
18 blur = 20.25
30 blur = 12.25
66 blur = 5.5

01 TNR = 63.5
02 TNR = 30
04 TNR = 14.5
06 TNR = 9.5

Faster, but not "I have to run out and buy a new M3 Max at once"-faster, if Resovle is your main focus.

In comparison, my relatively basic 2019 Mac Pro with 12c and two Vega Pro II:

09 blur = 78
18 blur = 43
30 blur = 27
66 blur = 13

01 TNR = 64
02 TNR = 35.5
04 TNR = 18.5
06 TNR = 13

But I'm very happy with my M3 Max. I do more Blender than Resolve and in Blender that benchmark score jumped from around 1000 to 3440. My Mac Pro scores around 850 per card, so 1700 total for two GPUs with 32GB Ram each.
That is thanks to the new raytracing and general architecture, and it was the reason why I moved from M1 Max to M3 Max.

Thanks for this - it's actually quite helpful & you've done a great service to everyone by putting together the tests!

I went ahead and ordered the 40 core GPU config today. Based on some other data I saw here, I was able to extrapolate that the amount of GPU cores have an almost directly proportional effect on performance.

[TL;DR from me: extra GPU cores are worth the extra money if you rely on GPU intensive tasks for your work]

The price difference between the 30 core and 40 core configs is around 14%, while you're getting 33% GPU more cores (and a couple more CPU cores + 48GB RAM) for that price increase. IRL, that 33% increase in GPU cores should amount to around 20-25% more performance, which is not something to be sniffed at. Seeing that almost all of my critical work relies on GPU intensive tasks in Resolve, that's a win for me.

+ there are Black Friday offers here in the UK, and I was able to get mine with a nice discount

Hope this info helps others with their decisions!

 

[troy_e]

Unless I am not understanding what you want - PugetBench for DaVinci Resolve only runs on a Windows PC. No Mac version yet.

I stand corrected on this one - Win only at this point.