macbook m1 8cpu 14gpu 32g vs 10cpu 16gpu 16g

[xavaxoo]

Hi,
I hesitate between these 2 config:

Macbook pro m1 pro 10cpu/16gpu and 16g at 2749€ (3067$)
Macbook pro m1 pro 8cpu/14gpu and 32g at 2939€ (3279$)

(both with 1To as storage)

In others words is it interresting to add 200€ (223$), to have 2cpu less and 2gpus less but 32g Ram rather 16g ?

I use it for pro development, some simple video editing, some simple 3D creation (unity, blender). Often a lot of tabs opened in chrome, multi windows and apps open, docker, ...
Should I favor the number of cpu gpu or the ram?

anyone have any advice on this ?

 

[yurkennis]

Personally I would definitely prefer 32GB over extra 2 CPUs and 2 GPUs. Except it's much easier for you to saturate all 8 CPU cores and/or all 14 GPU cores than RAM--which I would believe is quite exotic.

In my experience, RAM is much easier to saturate--and performance gain from x2 RAM is much more than +25% in CPU cores count / +15% in GPU cores count.

 

[xavaxoo]

Personally I would definitely prefer 32GB over extra 2 CPUs and 2 GPUs. Except it's much easier for you to saturate all 8 CPU cores and/or all 14 GPU cores than RAM--which I would believe is quite exotic.

In my experience, RAM is much easier to saturate--and performance gain from x2 RAM is much more than +25% in CPU cores count / +15% in GPU cores count.

thanks for answer. You'll make this choice even for 200$ more?

 

[yurkennis]

thanks for answer. You'll make this choice even for 200$ more?

Absolutely. I wish I spent $600 extra for upgrade from 32GB to 64GB RAM; only 2-month delivery time stopped me from doing so.

 

[xavaxoo]

Absolutely. I wish I spent $600 extra for upgrade from 32GB to 64GB RAM; only 2-month delivery time stopped me from doing so.

thanks

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

The 8-core CPU is more than enough for most tasks. It's just under 10,000 in Geekbench, which provides some indicator that it's no slouch.