Unleashing the Power: MacBook Pro M3 Max Takes on M2 Max and M1 Max
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- In this video, we compare the performance of the all-new Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max, MacBook Pro M1 Max, and Mac Studio M2 Max using DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro. We will be testing a variety of tasks, including importing footage, rendering, and exporting.
Here are some of the key specifications of each machine:
MacBook Pro M3 max:
16-core CPU (12 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores)
40-core GPU
128GB of unified memory
8TB SSD
MacBook Pro M1 max:
10-core CPU (8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores)
32-core GPU
64GB of unified memory
2TB SSD
Mac Studio M2 Max:
32-core CPU (24 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores)
64-core GPU
64GB of unified memory
2TB SSD
Is the MacBook Pro M3 the fastest machine for rendering and exporting 4K and 8K footage? Check out the video to find out.
Chapter Markers
00:00 Intro
00:49 Specs on All Three machines
02:30 MacBook Pro M3 Max Space Black Design
02:58 Is It a Fingerprint Magnet?
03:50 Display Comparison to the MacBook Pro M1 Max
04:20 Ports
05:00 What Footage I'm Using For The Test
06:30 Resolve Test
08:52 Final Cut Pro Test
09:26 Update from Blackmagic
12:49 MacBook Pro M3 Max SSD Speed Test
13:00 Final Thoughts
Camera: Nikon Z8, Nikkor 35mm f1.4
Sennheiser AVX with Zoom F6
MacStudio M2 MAX
Mac Studio Display
Lights: Aputure 300X Amaran T2c, Amaran F21c, Amaran COB 60X, Amaran P60c
Display Cabinet: Terravault
Chair and Desk: SecretLab 
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Excellent video, amazing comparisons. The best só far over the last few days! Congratulations and success!
Thank you. More coming
looking forward to more comparisons. subscribed
Thank you
Would be more useful to know how actually working in a timeline in davinci resolve performs compared to M1 Max, as exports are not where we spend 99% of our time...
Timeline is smooth. No real difference scrubbing and editing etc. you don’t need to edit in proxy for the most part
How is the M1 Max in timeline? I have no money for m3
@@MarineSwanreally smooth usually. But it all depends what camera codec you’re using. For exemple I mostly edit 8k raw 50p coming from a Nikon Z9.
For editing, no problem it’s smooth. But once you start adding noise reduction or AI superscale or retime with optical flow and speed warp, you’re done, it’s unplayable without cache/node render. Same goes for sony a7s III 4k50p footage but you can go further and still have realtime playback. Other than the previous effect I spoke about you can add a lot of effect/correction without worrying.
In the end you can do almost anything but there is always some realtime limitation at some point. Anyway, I almost never edit proxy, except if I have an external editor via cloud.
@@jppj4067 well let’s say not bad, I don’t know how Nikon files are, but let’s say about bmk 6k or sometime Komodo that is also 6k have you ever tried? And also about color correction for sure not heavy at this point how it’s been? Thank you so much for the help anyway
@@MarineSwan BRAW and Red files can be a bit taxing if you start really adding things to them. For this test I added the facial beauty stuff, color graded the BRAW footage and had 8k B roll. On the M3 Max it’s fine, M2 Max it’s ok but easier to edit in proxy and the M1 is similar. I’ll be pushing these in subsequent videos so you will get to see how it performs soon
Si Appel silicon does seriously thermal-throttle under extreme workloads! I still think it’s the best when it comes to efficiency, but this is why reviews like this are also important for the non tech reviewer professional or consumer.
Great video, thanks for sharing your findings!
I cannot wait to see the performance of M3 Max or even M3 Ultra in the Mac Studio.
Thanks for watching. Yes agree it’s fantastic at efficiency and in time with updates from developers and Apple we should see improvements for sure.
Yes the M3 Mac Studios will be beasts
Can you make a test please? 4k timeline , full res, with braw footage or any other demanding codecs, simple color adjustments AND a node with heavy noise reduction…. Can it play in real time (assuming 24 fps)?
Sure. I’ll come out with something soon. Prob in a day or so.
even full spec m2 max cannot play even 4k footage with real time heavy noise reduction without rendering the clip first its just not a thing and shouldnt be expected to be one as thats ridiculous, noise reduction is always for the final render not live playing
For davinci resolve (multiple 4k layers, vfx etc.)do you reckon the base M3 max would do or should one upgrade the processor to get 48 or 64 gigs of RAM? I am planning to get a 1 TB SSD. Thanks.
Upgrade. I’m talking to them now about the performance and seeing what can be done to optimise it.
GPU heavy tasks in Resolve is what I find the most limiting. How is noise reduction performance on the M3 Max? How many frames realtime can it perform?
Also, would be nice to have a simple bar graph when you mentions the numbers and times. It makes it easier to compare.
I’ll be doing more tests. As for graphs I kept this video simple due to time. Thanks for watching though
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Appreciate your honesty!
My pleasure. When I hear more from Blackmagic I’ll update on this channel
thanks, fortunately I don't need that kind of performance...also the encoder did not really get better and it's only AV1 decoding and not encoding. It would be interesting to have a mac that can encode old videos to AV1 for storage. But it looks like thats something for M4 or M5@@btonelli
next time please wrapt that lovely black cable of charger to the adapter. So we can actually say "he is reviewing with all sides"
lol!! Okay will do 😂
I'm definitely getting the m3 pro I have the m1 it's time for a upgrade and like always great video bro!!! 💪🏾💪🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
Thanks Bro! Yes the M3 pro is a good upgrade
I run a Core 2 Quad. Think it might be time for an upgrade, too?
Knowledgeable video but have some doubts regarding the performance, Can it be used for gaming, & if yes then can it be in the competency of legion 7i
It can be used for gaming but dependent on the games developed for Mac. If you want a gaming laptop as of now PC is the way to go but that will change very quickly over time
i love this video 10/10 please make more videos about m2 max studio and m3 compression
Thank you. I will be soon
These videos about the M3 Max are educational. I am skipping the MacBook m3 and waiting for upgrading my M1 studio to a M3 studio with a few plus ups. 😀
Thanks for watching. The next Mac Studio is probably going to be insane. Can’t wait to see what they can do. The M2 Ultra was already a mind blowing experience
@@btonelli You are right on the Ultra - so tempting, but just think about what the M3 Ultra might bring.
@@chrisbogart687 I’m already excited for it haha
You can only get what you need for today or else you'll be waiting forever & never make anything. But it's so much fun to acquire gear!
@@translumination2002 true very true
Will be great to see how it performs with noise reduction, filmgrain, 2x super scale, glows,halation and Gaussian blurs on the footage. Really push it hard for each frame and see how it performs
Working on that now. For the most part it does well. Of course when each clip is rendering the fan kicks on and it’s a bit slow but once it’s all rendered 8k Red Raw clips play in full quality no issues
Thanks for the update. It’s definitely more interesting to see how workflow performs with playback when working on heavy projects in Davinci. This is substantially more important than being able to play back rendered 8k video which it certainly should. The base M2 does this already.
Looking forward to the tests 👌😎
Bobby my M3 14in pro is coming next week can't wait thanks buddy
Enjoy! It’s a powerful machine
That intro though :D
Hahah It’s the first movie that came to mind when I knew I was going to make this vid
I just want to know how much the M3 Pro and Max will spank my M1 Max in final cut pro. Should I wait for the M4?🤔 I only want 14" models so it's compact for traveling.
M3 Max is more like the M2 Ultra if I was to give a comparison. With let’s say Sony 4K files it’s not really taxing on either system. It’s when you get the heavier codecs do you see it step up. So all depends on what you are using for filming
Need MORE videos for 14 m3 max!!! is it cooler on the lap than 16 or at least 14 inch m2 max?????? ( i mean when on full lead)
I don’t have the 14 so hard to say. I can tell you that the M3 Max doesn’t really get that warm even under heavier processing
@@btonelli that's great 👌🏻
Is the studio a max or an ultra? Video description has specs that are different from what’s shown in the video itself and want sure if it was a correction.
They are all Max. Description and title is correct
Wild! Blowing my mind that the Studio is so much faster on render in Resolve with less cores and RAM. Thanks for doing the export test - I know some people were moaning about seeing that vs. timeline but it's way more useful to me personally! @@btonelli
Thanks for watching. Yes I think it has to do with enclosure, heat which may kick in some throttling on the MacBook M3 Max
Yeah, so of course the new one is faster, but for me one of the biggest reasons for buying Macs in the first place is the fact that they last really long. I have the M1 Pro MacBook Pro 14" from 2021, and it's still very much a great workhorse and does everything I need in the Adobe suite at a very reasonable speed. That being said, of course I'd still love to have the M3, especially because of the color :)
Yes they have a longer shelf like than a comparable PC. This is also one of the key benefits. The M3 Max in most of my tests is 3x faster than the M1 but not by a huge margin. Reality is Apple has made such a great chipset with the M1 etc for some the reason to upgrade will either be for more monitor support, faster rendering for 3D animations etc and or larger projects. For the average user the M1 and M2 are more than adequate. That being said the M3 in Space Black is stunning :)
Hey I'm choosing 4tb ssd instead of 8tb ssd. Will I get the same disk write speed between 8000 to 8400? Let me know
Specs below I'm planing to buy.
16-core CPU (12 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores)
40-core GPU
128GB of unified memory
4TB SSD.....
This I need to check. Apple doesn’t always put these specs out.
Please let me know. I'm choosing 16'' MacBook Pro m3 max, 16-core CPU (12 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores)
40-core GPU
128GB of unified memory
4TB SSD..... @@btonelli
@@djjas764 from what I understand Apples speed consistency is similar throughout most of their higher end drives. So 4 to 8 shouldn’t be. Much difference
Thanks ....@@btonelli
Looks great. I still swing an m2 in my mac mini. Maybe this year i can swing a m3 macbook pro
M2 still a fantastic machine
Most interesting thing was how the rendering time of the m2 mac studio max was twice as fast as the m3 laptop. No matter how fast you are you're limited by cooling.
Yes we are trying to figure this out. Still in discussions with the Resolve team here at Blackmagic. Will update this video when I find out more
I'm about confused why didn't you render the same project in Final Cut as you did in DaVinci? It seems for shorter renders there's hardly any difference. A minute here or there hardly seems to matter.
nice review but why test the maxed out m3 max 16/40 which less than 1% people will get? Why not test the m3 max 14/30 base with 36gb ram and 1tb ssd as well?
Thanks. This was the review unit sent to me this I didn’t have a choice of specs. While prob won’t be the most sold, there are also some that will choose higher end specs for their workflow.
Nicely 😶🌫️
Thanks
Would like to see some AV1 rendering.
Thank you dear Bobby, i was thinking to replace my m1 max but for light sony codec edit there are ZERO improvement/money. I will stay another year or two with m1 max :D
No prob. For lighter codecs the M1 is still really good. But if you start using different more complex codecs the M3 is fantastic
I think the average render time difference it`s arround 20min m1 max vs m3 max ( prores ) maybe for sony its a bit more or less. To spend another 4.000$ for ~20min sounds painfull ! For sure we talk about light, one layer non gfx render that normal editors use. In this case nothing to worry for m1 max .
@@zrepe yes. For larger projects and timing is of the essence and one needs to multitask while doing it, is where the more powerful M chipsets will come into play. If it’s singular projects and edits are light then gains might not be worth the investment. However if you sell the M1 Max for decent amount, the upgrade price isn’t as steep :)
is it only me or the dude looks like a video game character in the video? must be the lighting
Hahaha! I added a bit more drama to the lighting on this one
Your are not alone😅 i also see him as a vg character 😂
@@arvenes5921 😂😂😂
I was seriously looking for signs of AI generated character. It was off putting,@@btonelli
@@WorksOnMyComputer hahaha AI isn’t that good yet
48 unified or 64 if choosing the 16/40 core?
Always opt for more unified. Especially for multitasking
Why there are no 96GB for M3 Max 16' 40 core?
Not sure
6min 40 sec to get started hahaha
That’s why I have chapter markers :)
@@btonelli Good comparisons... im going ahead with purchasing the M2 studio. If / when the M3 comes out im sure its going to be awesome with the price tag to match.
@@Makebelieve123 I still use the M2 Studio and happy with it. Can’t go wrong with either. Thanks for watching!
@@btonelli I’m no youngster so need this to be my last Mac I buy for my recording studio. My previous Mac Pro lasted 11 years
Do the RED 8K video editing again like you did before 😊
Working on it
@@btonelli looking forward to it. Because of that video you made, I bought my MacBook M1😆
@@watarchives it’s a great machine even now
@@btonelli I'm still rocking it. Maybe I'm gonna upgrade next year since I still can edit 4k on my M1.
@@watarchives M1 can edit 4K no issues. Even some 6 to 8k as well
Real issues with Macbooks come when you want to edit a big project; example I've been editing two seasons a TV series for a couple of years now the media take close to 100TB of storage space so it lives in a server. The Macbook just can't keep a reliable connection to the server, dongles failed I've tried all of them 10GbE and 1GbE connection breaks up ramdomly making it unbearable. So my $3K editing laptop (a bit more if you add up the expensive useless dongles) works for watching youtube and browse the internet while I edit on a desktop PC with a dedicated 10gbe card.
The only solution apple has given me in two years is to replace my $20k server or go sit right next to the spinning drives through a 1m Thunderbolt cable.
Fair points. I would need to check in another video of the M3Max has improved this
Yeah I solely use Davinci. FCP is too far behind at this point. So, I would love to see your next video when Davinci optimizes this. Then sign me up and take my money. I shoot and edit all over the country and I love my M1 Max so far........
Thanks for watching. Waiting to hear back from them as well to see if there needs to be some optimisation
The 16” M3 Max MBP fans come on more and louder compared to 16” M2 Max ??????😂
No. The M2 Max is a Mac Studio.
Never updated the OS than your device wont be slower
Make this test again after 1 year , than you will see that performances will be no different between m1 m2 n m3
Definitely will see the differences as it shows in Final Cut here.
Very bad!!! Where is 14/30 core mac test!???
More tests coming soon