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Populus

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And I specifically mean Windows translated games through the different means we all know such as whiskey or crossover.

My binned M4 Pro gets quite hot, honestly, and I’m not sure if having a chip with 4 more GPU cores would be suffering from thermal throttling…
 
Okay, quick update: From what I've seen, also on games, the gain is negligible. We're talking about going from 48 to 56fps, or from 45 to 52fps... in some cases the gains are even lower.

For those interested in saving $200 or 230€, this are the videos that demonstrate the investment is not really worth it:

M4 Pro binned vs unbinned on synthetic benchmarks and real photo and video editing:


And towards the end of the following video, this creator compares both M4 Pro chips on gaming:


If any of you disagrees, I'll be happy to listen to the reasons why it may worth it to spend money on the unbinned M4 pro chip.
 
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