Can’t wait to see what M4 max and Ultra can do. Can Apple put an ultra in 16 MBP. Apple should put M4 in AVP 2.
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My two M1 Macs (iMac, Air) are still going great, but it's nice to see I'm going to be experiencing a very tangible bump in speed and responsiveness when I finally want to upgrade.
But honestly it's mostly form factor stuff, not speed, that's keeping me from upgrading (well, that and $$$). The M1s I have are still doing all my work very smoothly. But if Apple came out with a bigger iMac or an ultralight MacBook, that would really move the needle for me.
But honestly it's mostly form factor stuff, not speed, that's keeping me from upgrading (well, that and $$$). The M1s I have are still doing all my work very smoothly. But if Apple came out with a bigger iMac or an ultralight MacBook, that would really move the needle for me.
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Do we have any figures to show how the binned M4 stacks up to the non binned chip?
The Single-Core basically beats any PC in the world.
And the Multi-Core beats a 16-core Intel Core i7-14650HX (gaming laptop CPU).
The M4 Max Multi-Core might come head-to-head with the most powerful PC chip in the world.
So... What kind of power will M4 Ultra reserve to us ?
Pretty freakin remarkable. Now put those in Macs please.
And the Multi-Core beats a 16-core Intel Core i7-14650HX (gaming laptop CPU).
The M4 Max Multi-Core might come head-to-head with the most powerful PC chip in the world.
So... What kind of power will M4 Ultra reserve to us ?
Pretty freakin remarkable. Now put those in Macs please.
As far as CPU goes, single core is MUCH better than M2 Max, and Multi Core is the same. I'm thinking Metal on M2 Max is much higher though?
So basically, outside of Metal, an M4 is an M3 Pro or an M2 Max, though again, I'm thinking those win bigger in Metal.
Still, nice generational improvements. A MBA with M4 is up there with a Mac Studio with M2 Max right now. Not factoring in RAM, but still.
So basically, outside of Metal, an M4 is an M3 Pro or an M2 Max, though again, I'm thinking those win bigger in Metal.
Still, nice generational improvements. A MBA with M4 is up there with a Mac Studio with M2 Max right now. Not factoring in RAM, but still.
And these are only the base iPad M4 benchmarks. It will be interesting to see the Pro, Max, and possibly Ultra benchmarks. But benchmarks are useless compared to real world testing. So we'll need to wait for those.
People will latch onto the tiniest morsel to shade Apple in some way. It's tiring.
Apple controls the hardware and the acceleration libraries built on it. They aren't including generic processing blocks the way Intel would, they're including hardware they see a system benefit for.
If the SME instructions were included, it's because Apple intends to use them. Maybe to boost performance over all, maybe because it's lower power to accelerate these computations in the CPU rather than one of the coprocessors.
I think they aren't comparing to M3 to not denigrate the existing M3 products in the line.
And battery life. At modern performance levels I'm willing to trade benchmark speed for battery life. How fast do they think I can type?
I think not, by definition. If they could put it in a 16", they'd make it Ultra-er.
The Pro and Max are the high end portables. They get what they can in the thermal envelope for those, and then double the Max to get the Ultra. (I don't have any expectation that they're going to a single chip Ultra. I think the lack of connections on the M3 Max is just evidence that there's no M3 Ultra coming.).
I’m going to be trading in my 14 inch M1Pro MacBook Pro to get the new 11 inch M4 iPad Pro and a Mac Mini.
My MacBook has served me well but it’s docked most of the time and I’d like to get back into digital art while having a device that’s a little smaller for portability. I’ll keep a desktop to run a few programs I use like EbSynth and Final Cut Pro(why pay a subscription when I already have a license).
My MacBook has served me well but it’s docked most of the time and I’d like to get back into digital art while having a device that’s a little smaller for portability. I’ll keep a desktop to run a few programs I use like EbSynth and Final Cut Pro(why pay a subscription when I already have a license).
I was referring to M4 Ultra. I doubt Apple will release Mac Studio/Pro with M3 ultra. Ultra doesn't have to be 2 X Mx Max. One can wish, given the thermal/power efficiencies expected from M4.
Yeah, I read your comment as about the M4 Ultra. I don't think they'll ever put an Ultra in a laptop-- they'd just scale the Max to fill that need. Ultra doesn't have to be 2x the Max, but I don't see any reason they'd change that. One bigger chip hurts the economics of it.
It was assumed that Ultras are two Maxes all along until someone got loud on YouTube with a different opinion. I don't see that as enough reason to change the assumption.
Finally a processor that can handle the upcoming calculator app !
Thank you. Yeah, great to show how it stacks up to MBPs, but if I have an M1 iPad Pro with 8 cores and going to buy an M4 iPad Pro with 9 cores, would like an iPad to iPad comparison, given the memory constraints, etc.
Beyond just pure numbers what good are these speeds for iPads?
I have iPad Air 5 with M1 and I have never experience any delay, stutter or slowdown.
I also have a MacBook Pro m1 and everything except the most extreme rendering tasks are super fast. But I can see the use case for some to upgrade M1 MacBooks but absolutely no use for iPads to upgrade from M1
I have iPad Air 5 with M1 and I have never experience any delay, stutter or slowdown.
I also have a MacBook Pro m1 and everything except the most extreme rendering tasks are super fast. But I can see the use case for some to upgrade M1 MacBooks but absolutely no use for iPads to upgrade from M1
No use for you but that doesn't apply universally. Example where it will help - 4K video processing and rendering.
For sure…. But not sure how many people this would apply too.
Also I imagine the majority that do need this have a MacBook Pro for that workflow
I use it that way as do a large number of Lumafusion and DaVinci Resolve users so your "absolutely no use" is flat out wrong.
No use at all, for now. It's conceivable that this AI thing may creep into several apps, which would then require this type of power. Then it would all add up, as it certainly doesn't now.
finally catches up to 14700k at single core. still a ways to go for multi core
meanwhile I just ran metal benchmark on my hackintosh where 6800 gets 209,762.
so nearly 4x as fast as the fastest apple has still?
meanwhile I just ran metal benchmark on my hackintosh where 6800 gets 209,762.
so nearly 4x as fast as the fastest apple has still?