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project_2501

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Most of the commentary and reviews suggests the biggest (32-gpu-core) M1-Max SOC is not a good match for the 14" chassis due to thermals and battery drain.

In fact it has been shown that Apple has reduced the frequency of the 32-gpu-core SOC in the 14" laptop.

So my question is about the benefits, or not, of the smaller 24-gpu-core Max in a 14" laptop compared to the 16-core non-Max Pro SOC.

Here is my thinking - it might be flawed:
  • the double memory bandwidth will consume more battery
  • the 24 GPU cores will consume more battery than 16 - even when idle, as confirmed by Apple.. but will it make a noticeable difference like the 32 cores do?
  • will the fan fire up more often - is it marginal, or as often as the 32-core? Fan noise on a 2015MBP ruins audio/video recordings.

Would appreciate your thoughts, especially if it includes tests/evidence.

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My workload is (1) recording and editing videos (hw support), (2) data science and coding (RAM), (3) being portable in terms of size and weight, any battery life that is over 6 hours of moderate use is fine.
 
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