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'M2 Max' Geekbench Scores Leak Online, Revealing Rumored Specs and Performance
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Yeah, quite frankly, I think those in the market may be better off buying an M1 Pro/Max with current really good deals saving coin over such a small upgrade.
For a while we kicked around a theory that M2 (or some other variant) would keep the existing performance characteristics of the prior version but add new capabilities via the media engine or other optimization techniques. So M2 perf may not blow the socks off M1 but may have other capabilities. any gain is a win because of this.
If they don't do it for M2 Max (current MacBook Pro and Studio chassis has tons of thermal headroom), I really don't see it happening for Ultra or Extreme either.
Can anyone read the GB log? WCCFTech seems to think the new chip can clock to 3.7Ghz which is notable since Apple Silicon has never had "boost" clocks before...They are real and it's sad.
Anyone who bought an M1 (normal, Pro / Max / Ultra) should feel good about that being a good investment!
In 2 years time, upgrade to the M3?
In 2 years time, upgrade to the M3?
We are lucky to be getting these mild improvements. The global covid pandemic slowed EVERYTHING down to a crawl or to a complete stop. It will take another year to return production capacity and R&D to normalized conditions - only if the Ukraine war does not become a world war.
pathetic? You can still stick to your Intel collection. People like you can’t get enough…
You should first appreciate what a giant leap the M1 was in the first place…
This is in line with what the M2 offers over the M1. I don't know why anyone is surprised.
The real improvement for the M2 gen (for laptops at least) is those juicy new A15 derived efficiency cores. They should really help improve the battery life, especially on the 14" MBP.
But yes, for those people waiting for a big leap, it's been clear for a while you'll be waiting for the M3, and that isn't going to come out for a good while yet.
I do find it funny that everyone who was like "OMG Apple Silicon so much better than x86, look at the massive performance/efficiency improvement!" is now like "Why isn't every year like the M1 year!?"
I love my M1 Max but clearly so many of the people clamoring for Apple Silicon back when it was still just a rumor/just announced had no idea how chip design actually works.
Switching to Apple Silicon wasn't a magic wand that was going to allow Apple to stay miles ahead of Intel/AMD forever.
The real improvement for the M2 gen (for laptops at least) is those juicy new A15 derived efficiency cores. They should really help improve the battery life, especially on the 14" MBP.
But yes, for those people waiting for a big leap, it's been clear for a while you'll be waiting for the M3, and that isn't going to come out for a good while yet.
I do find it funny that everyone who was like "OMG Apple Silicon so much better than x86, look at the massive performance/efficiency improvement!" is now like "Why isn't every year like the M1 year!?"
I love my M1 Max but clearly so many of the people clamoring for Apple Silicon back when it was still just a rumor/just announced had no idea how chip design actually works.
Switching to Apple Silicon wasn't a magic wand that was going to allow Apple to stay miles ahead of Intel/AMD forever.
this is not about capacity but about quality...and pandemic is no excuse since they will still produce a lot of M2 families for the next 12 months
so we have to living in the past where M1 was great?
Others are moving on....we still have no gpu raytracing still no cpu increase...again i thoutht since Intel has no more headroom with that heat and thermals ...but on Macs...they can easily boost everything up, but from what we can see they dont
While im very happy with the gpu increase that boost my times on my projects...i would love an cpu from M2 max/ultra on 3nm that have also over 20% increase
It seems the M1 family woke Intel and Amd up and put Apple to sleep
Yes, since they are probably 5nm, i dont get it why they wouldnt release them now...M2 Macbook air has already almost half a year
I'm not surpised.
Apple know that the "refresh cycle" for laptops is generally 3-5 years, instead of the 1-2 years for phones.
They need the M3 Pro/Max/Ultra to be a compelling upgrade for M1 users in 2024. So That will use the new 3nm process.
This will be marketed as better media encoding, aimed directly at the youtubers that market the things for them
Apple know that the "refresh cycle" for laptops is generally 3-5 years, instead of the 1-2 years for phones.
They need the M3 Pro/Max/Ultra to be a compelling upgrade for M1 users in 2024. So That will use the new 3nm process.
This will be marketed as better media encoding, aimed directly at the youtubers that market the things for them
I was hoping they would finally split the consumer and prosumer desktop lines, with the prosumer receiving higher-performance, cutting edge, lower volume tech. In fact, I just don’t see how Apple wants to compete long-term without doing this.
Decent update if true, and definitely not worth selling my current M1 Max MBP for - all good.
a 2-3 year cycle should be adopted this once a year new chip … what’s the point of resource wasted on such a minor update.
How you came to 40% improvement figure for GPU ?
I was disappointed by the GPU performance of the m1max, to be honest, I was expecting at least another 50-60% over what it is currently. I mean, it's a damn expensive machine.
This is disappointing compared to Raptor Lake and Ryzen 7000. Obviously those parts can’t compete with AS efficiency, but it’d be nice to see improvements in power too.
What does this have to do with anything? Both AMD and Intel are still progressing as usual. I don't think Apple's R&D was significantly halted by COVID. What is halting them is their stupid design decisions, and attempting to isolate themselves from the rest of the other chip manufacturers by breaking compatibility.
Or so you think. There's nothing stopping Intel from developing an ARM chip with e.g, accelerated x86 emulation.