Upgrade to M5 Max?

[mashinhead]

I currently have an 14' M2 Max MBP with 64GB of RAM a 38‑Core GPU. I have had it for almost 3 years. I have two issues with it. 1 the battery has degraded. I can get that fixed. The second is the RAM. For context I'm a Pro Graphics and Visuals user. I deal with big files. Use AI. I have lots of software and tabs open at once that I switch thorugh, etc. My computer isn't unusable or anything by any means. But I do have RAM issues, the CPU gets hot. Sometimes things slow down too much for my liking etc. I like to have things optimal. In retrospect I wish I had gotten 128GB of RAM.

Is the M5 Max going to make a noticeable difference? I'm sure it's better, that's not my question but I'm having a hard time finding information on how much better, practically speaking.

 

[hovscorpion12]

Coming from the M2 Max, I'd say yes on all avenues. With Ai, Pro graphics and visuals the 40-Corre GPU [with neural accelerators in each core] will significantly speed up the rendering times and general responsiveness of the Ai models.

At on top of the fact that M5 Max comes with RAM at LPDDR5X-9600 with 614GB of Bandwidth.

The higher bandwidth, combined with new Neural Accelerators in the GPU, allows for faster local AI inference.

For M1 Max and M2 Max users, its a huge boost. M3 Max not so much.

 

[throAU]

I currently have an 14' M2 Max MBP with 64GB of RAM a 38‑Core GPU. I have had it for almost 3 years. I have two issues with it. 1 the battery has degraded. I can get that fixed. The second is the RAM. For context I'm a Pro Graphics and Visuals user. I deal with big files. Use AI etc. My computer isn't unusable or anything by any means. But I do have RAM issues, the CPU gets hot. Sometimes things slow down too much for my liking etc. I like to have things optimal.

Is the M5 Max going to make a noticeable difference? I'm sure it's better, that's not my question but I'm having a hard time finding information on how much better, practically speaking.

I’d pull the trigger.

I jumped from M1 Pro to M4 max and it was night and day noticeable even when just moving around the desktop.

There have been large jumps in interactive performance from M1 through M5 generation (i have an m5 ipad as well).

 

[anthony13]

Yeah I'd probably go for it if it make financial sense. I have an M1 Max and need to update for the bigger screen and also the ram capacity, so I have those practical reasons. but the single core improvement of M1 Max vs m5 Max difference will be the icing on the cake.