MBP (M4P 14/20, 24GB, 1TB) vs MS (M4M 16/40, 128GB, 1TB)

[JSRinUK]

I’ve seen benchmarks all over the place, but not many really speak to the kinds of things I do on a regular basis, so I thought I would try a “real world” comparison of one such scenario, comparing between my MacBook Pro and my Mac Studio.

The test I set up was to run a local version of Stable Diffusion (AUTOMATIC 1111), generating a batch of 50 images (768 x 1024) with all the same settings and prompt (including the same ADetailer settings).

The MacBook Pro (M4P 14/20, 24GB, 1TB) took 62mins 22s.
The Mac Studio (M4M 16/40, 128GB, 1TB) took 31mins 17s.

It’s probably no real surprise to anyone that a GPU-intensive process takes half as long when there are twice as many GPU cores Max vs Pro, but it may prove useful to someone.

As an addition - the MacBook Pro’s CPU temperature went up to around 85C and you could hear the fan. Initially there was no fan noise, then the fan noise rose and fell, and then the fan stayed on. It wasn’t excessively noisy, but you knew it was running. Meanwhile, the Mac Studio’s CPU temperature went up to around 65C and I didn’t hear a peep out of the fans (they were running, but they were silent - so presumably they weren’t running too hard).

I hope this is useful information.

 

[JSRinUK]

I’ll be comparing the difference in image-to-video generation when I’ve set up ComfyUI again.

 

[picpicmac]

It’s probably no real surprise to anyone that a GPU-intensive process takes half as long when there are twice as many GPU cores Max vs Pro,...

I hope this is useful information.

Yes, thank you. I was looking for SD examples.

Now, speaking of cores, can you run your test again with the M3 Ultra??

 

[JSRinUK]

Yes, thank you. I was looking for SD examples.

Now, speaking of cores, can you run your test again with the M3 Ultra??

If someone wants to supply me with a M3 Ultra (free, of course!), I’d be more than happy to.

 

[JSRinUK]

Today I’ve been setting up running LLMs on my Mac Studio and access them via my MacBook Pro - thus leveraging the Studio’s 128GB RAM for larger LLMs (the MacBook has just 24GB), and to prolong the battery life on my MacBook Pro (running LLMs locally drains the battery in a couple of hours).

I wanted to do this with LM Studio but, although that allows network access, it doesn’t have a client option so there’s no easy way to access it from my MacBook. Instead, I’ve gone with Msty, which allows both very easily. Initial impressions are hopeful.