14" M1Pro (10/16) vs 14" M4Pro (12/16) Handbrake

[vatter69]

I just bought the new Macbook Pro with the M4Pro with the base core count of 12/16 and 24 GB Ram. Cyberport had a discount at 2099 instead of 2399 for this model so it was hard to resist

What i was interested in most is the Handbrake render performance as i use that alot of convert old Blu-Rays to store on my NAS.

This is by no means super scientific - but i thought i'd share since i couldn't find those results for these particular CPU models/chassis.
I used the latest Snapshot build from Handbrake (20241122055314)

Source was a h.265 Dolby Vision file, converted to the same h.265 / 10 Bit.

Using Videotoolboox h265.10 bit settings @ 60 quality (and every filter off)
M1pro -> avg 56 fps
M4pro -> avg 65 fps

Using AV1-10 Bit (don't remember quality but every filter was off again)
M1pro -> avg 33 fps
M4pro -> avg 50 fps

So using the Hardware encoder, i am seeing a 9 fps or 16% increase using the new MP4pro.
Using Software, the difference is even bigger at 17 fps or 51,5%.

 

[Vanarak19]

My predicament. Same spec M1 Pro. Doesn’t seem like a huge jump.

 

[throAU]

My predicament. Same spec M1 Pro. Doesn’t seem like a huge jump.

For that specific workload probably not.

 

[galad]

33 fps to 50 fps is a ~50% increase, not a 33% one.

 

[vatter69]

33 fps to 50 fps is a ~50% increase, not a 33% one.

Ooops - thanks 51.5 actually - updated the original post. So that's quite a huge jump in raw CPU performance.