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M3 Max 16/40 48GB 1 TB vs M4 Pro 14/20 24GB 512GB
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Just to inform that I have it already, setting things up now.
It looks 100% new, with all the packaging, even with the original wrapping paper, etc. Battery 100% health. I think it's an amazing deal
Now installing my software. I'll enjoy again editing my pictures so much, before after 30 min the screen started glitching and was so frustrating...
Thank you all for your insights!
It looks 100% new, with all the packaging, even with the original wrapping paper, etc. Battery 100% health. I think it's an amazing deal
Now installing my software. I'll enjoy again editing my pictures so much, before after 30 min the screen started glitching and was so frustrating...
Thank you all for your insights!
I am so glad I finally went for the Max with 48GB
Just exporting a not that big batch of pictures in lightroom a couple of days ago (around 500 pics), the memory pressure went yellow and even have 1.24 GB of swap. If I had gone 24GB, it should have been MUCH slower.
AI noise reduction for my Canon R5 files takes 15s or less with this computer.
Everything is super fast, I am loving it.
I am suspecting that this M3 Max unbinned 40 GPU 48GB ram is better than M4 Max binned 32 GPU 36GB ram even for just photography, let alone the M4 Pro...
Just exporting a not that big batch of pictures in lightroom a couple of days ago (around 500 pics), the memory pressure went yellow and even have 1.24 GB of swap. If I had gone 24GB, it should have been MUCH slower.
AI noise reduction for my Canon R5 files takes 15s or less with this computer.
Everything is super fast, I am loving it.
I am suspecting that this M3 Max unbinned 40 GPU 48GB ram is better than M4 Max binned 32 GPU 36GB ram even for just photography, let alone the M4 Pro...
Yes, for the AI noise reduction, according to the feedback, the M3 max 16/40 48gb is faster than the M4 max 14/32 36gb. Of course, not by much, but it's still faster, with the added bonus of 12gb more ram, which is not insignificant for photography, with higher resolution files.
It would certainly be close.
GPU changes between m3 and m4 max aren't massive, and the count may make up for it on the down-binned vs. full fat machine.
Plus, having more RAM is just a luxury. even my old trash can is nice to use (despite the CPU/GPU age) because with the 64 GB in it I can just not care what I'm trying to load up on it.