Hi all, wanted to do a sanity check: long story but I have a choice between two MBPs for work. One is a 14" with the M3 Pro chip and the other is a 14" with the base M4 chip.
It's not obvious to me which one I should take, as the M3 Pro has more RAM but the M4 is newer and may have other advantages that are less obvious. Other than the lesser RAM is there any significant about the performance difference between the M4 and the M3 Pro that might make me consider keeping the M4 even though there's a bit less RAM? The most compelling reason I could imagine is that the M4 has better battery life, but is it really that much better?
My workload involves numerical simulations and having loooots of Chrome tabs open. So on the one hand more RAM seems better, but if the M4 will give me significantly more battery time when I'm out of the office, that could convince me to give up the RAM...
Here are the specs of the two machines:
1. M3 Pro chip (11 cores), 14", 36 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD
2. Base M4 chip (10 cores), 14", 24 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD
Any thoughts on points to consider before I choose would be appreciated
It's not obvious to me which one I should take, as the M3 Pro has more RAM but the M4 is newer and may have other advantages that are less obvious. Other than the lesser RAM is there any significant about the performance difference between the M4 and the M3 Pro that might make me consider keeping the M4 even though there's a bit less RAM? The most compelling reason I could imagine is that the M4 has better battery life, but is it really that much better?
My workload involves numerical simulations and having loooots of Chrome tabs open. So on the one hand more RAM seems better, but if the M4 will give me significantly more battery time when I'm out of the office, that could convince me to give up the RAM...
Here are the specs of the two machines:
1. M3 Pro chip (11 cores), 14", 36 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD
2. Base M4 chip (10 cores), 14", 24 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD
Any thoughts on points to consider before I choose would be appreciated