The M3 vs M1 iMac - All the Differences Plus Benchmarks
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- Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2023
- In this video we cover the differences between the new M3 iMac and the older M1 iMac including benchmarks of both systems. If you are thinking about getting an M3 or M1 iMac soon then this video should showcase the differences between both Apple iMac models. We cover every single item that is different between the M3 and M1 iMac, and we also provide Geekbench 6 single and multi core benchmarks plus Geekbench Metal GPU scores. If you are interested in the new M3 chips by Apple then watch this video to find out what makes the M3 and M1 iMac different.
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Thank you for this video, so many other videos are quick quick and don’t go in depth! Thank you for giving us detail
Thank you
Just got the M1 iMac brand new for $850 today at best buy, sure its the base model but its better than my lagging 2017 iMac and I don't do crazy stuff.
Yes, the M1 is still a nice system even now. Thanks for watching.
I got a refurb base M1 imac to use as a work-from-home thin client and it's been great. I'm now looking at a fully specced M3 for personal use. The retina tru-tone screen makes all the difference for me.
I love the displays but for me True-Tone would not matter too much. But that is what makes computers hard to choose since we are all different and have different needs.
Have u do any test on how iMac run between Ventura and Sonoma? I'm still on Ventura 13.6, tempted to upgrade but need some info on this matter. Will there any effect on apps like Final Cut Pro, Photoshop v.24 and other apps.
I don't have that but if I run that in the future I will follow back and let you know.
What about Video Export times are they improved over the Intel or M1 Imac that is where the importance lies for me.
Yes for sure it will be 40 percent or more better but just a few more minutes to wait for video rendering. So if not using for work most will be happy with m1 also.
Which mouse are you using here? I like it!
It's a cheap Jelly Comb mouse and I'm not sure if it's available still. I think I did a video on it a very long time ago if you search my channel. They are like $10.
Im a graphic designer who always resizing a large files with so many layers effects in photoshop. Is it good to buy a cheaper imac m1 with 16/512 (i just saw a 2nd hand one which is cheaper) or mac mini m2 which is expensive coz i need to buy a monitor? Pls help!
That's a question you need to answer based on budget and how good the monitor needs to be. I would just recommend 16 GB ram or more when dealing with a ton of graphics. 8 can cut it but you will be happier with 16.
@@craigneidel Mostly my work is for socmed ad and printing (sometimes in large format like 80"x 60") and a simple animation using PSD in gif format. So its either m2 mini or imac m1 with 16/512 would be good enough?
If you have the 16 GB ram I think both would work fine.
@@craigneidel Thank you so much for the advice :)
@@craigneidel Which is better mac mini, m1 16g/512 or M2 8g/512?
to me it's the perfect order for a work station although within one day of work but all would look very different at the end of that day lol
They are nice systems for what they are as long as you know what they are good at. Thanks for watching.
I was talking about how tidy you are :)
Ok, funny. I try to keep the place clean for the videos the best I can but you never know on off days.
all I use is browsing ... you tube .. emails ,, reading .. does that mean M1 . PERFECTLY ENOUGH ? THANK YOU ! BTW GREAT VIDEO
Yes the M1s are plenty for that.
Customization option is wise decision but as you mentioned earlier the same price should start from the 2X RAM setup. Thanks for the review, Craig
Thanks for watching the channel.
Get over the M series Pro SOC in the consumer desktop part of the grid.
I'm not sure what you are saying.
Back when the M1 iMac launched, I ordered a 16GB + 1TB SSD config to “future proof” myself.
After watching Apple’s M3 iMac keynote, I know I made the right choice lol.
Heres to waiting for a base iMac with an M5 (Pro??) chip, 512 SSD and 16GB ram in early 2026.
Oh and the keyboard + mouse better have USBC (and no more flipping over to charge the mouse!) 😂🍻
Thanks for posting and sharing your thoughts. A M5 iMac will be nice and let's just hope they go back to 27" on that.
If you already have the m1 and like me and only use it for web browsing RUclips little photo editing listening to music and video streaming probably won't notice the difference since you're not doing anything really heavy I'd suggest holding onto it..
Thanks for the feedback and yes the M1 have not trouble with any of those items.
Is it good for editing purposes
Which one?
@@craigneidel imac m3 chip
Yes, if you only have 8 GB then it could have a small issue with many layers but it should still work. If you have 16 GB then you will have no issues.
@@craigneidel actually thinking of 16gb and 512ssd at the same time alternate option windows assemble pc with i9 processor 32 gb ram and sw272u monitor as imac case display great no need of seperate one
The 16 GB and 512 SSD would be good for editing in my opinion but you could also go with Win PC. Just two different directions.
Hello Craig. I have the M1 iMac, and it blows away whatever preceded it in most cases, so I’m still awestruck. It’s still extremely zippy. I’ll stay for now.
Yes, the M1 is fast and the M3 is faster for sure. It's just the price that can get up there when you add 16 GB ram and increase the disk. I wish Apple would ship 16 GB on the basd 24" imac for the $1,299.
You're going to be fine for a minimum of 10 years, no exaggeration.
I'm on a 2015 5k and it still works like new. I just got my M3 today simply because I wanted it and wanted to jump onto the M Series. My Mac can't go up to Sanoma but, who cares when it does what you need it to do without issue.
So yea, you'll be fine.
Same here.
It would be nice to see what this all translates to in terms of real-world performance.
I do a bunch of real-world videos - check those out.
I'm happy with my upgrade (thanks to insurance) from M1 to M3, if I hadn't dropped my M1 while moving it, I'd be sticking with that rather than upgrading. The store the insurance company is using, only has the M3 iMacs in stock the replacement will be customised to the same design as the M1.
Nice upgrade for sure. Good luck with everything.
Craig Neidel , Thanks Much !.......
Welcome and thanks for watching all these.
There are reports that Apple has entirely nixed a 27” iMac. (Not to say they won’t eventually do a 32, and that would probably offer the full range of chipsets.) For people like me who need to buy in a shorter timeframe, is a fully optioned M3 iMac (chip, RAM, storage) a good photo editing platform, or is it advisable to look at a Mini or even Studio with M2 P or M? Of course those machines require deciding on and purchasing a monitor at $500+.
I do think if you spec out the M3 with 16 or 24 GB of ram it will be a good editing machine. Sure, more expensive systems with 32 to 128 GB of ram will be better but the M3 iMac should be able to handle 4K edits with the correct amount of ram. Just make sure you don't get 8 GB and the best obviously is 24. I would also see if you can find other reviews on the edits but even my m1 with 8 GB can handle edits but sometimes there is a little hitch is all.
Who knows what, the future will bring to the iMac line-up. While, I moved away from the All-in-One iMac desktop systems in 2010, think there are many buyers that would like the option to get an iMac Pro version (with a 27-inch, 30-inch, or 32-inch size screen). As for myself, I plan to buy a complete new Apple desktop system in the Spring of 2025. If buying today, my new system would be a M-2 "mac mini" pro with a 32-inch 6K XDR monitor (smile...smile).
Nice but that 6K is going to cost you. I would consider that only if I had a job that paid me quite a bit for using it but in the end you might have that and need that screen. I do think 5 and 6K screens should eventually come down a little bit in price in the next two years so let's see what the future does bring. Thanks again.
@@craigneidel I think what is going to happen is that, new Apple monitors will have a faster refresh rate of 120 Hz or even 240 Hz. Afterward, the Apple 32-inch 6K XDR prices will start to drop sharply (smile...smile).
Let's hope the prices drop. 5K on a monitor is a bit crazy. I would rather have that in the bank. Thanks again for the posts.
24 inches is currently quite small for a non-upgradeable iMac.
Yes, but they are fine for editing and other things. I have used one and thought it would be small but it's fine. I do want the 27 or 32" though as that would be better for sure.
@@craigneidel I agree. A 27" Pro model would be ideal for my use case.
I think, in general, that Apple thinks that a Mac Mini with a monitor and magic keyboard might be the better way to go for a 27" or bigger. I am not sure if there are numbers on the Studio Display (very expensive) but there are hundreds of manufacturers out there that will gladly sell you a 4k monitor.
A 24 inch iMac looks enormous compared to my old 13 inch MacBook 💻 😂
@@awesomelife3710 True that!
I moved from 2017 iMac and it’s well worth it. There are many buyers like me I am sure.
They are nice machines for sure. I just wish they shipped with 12 or 16 GB as the base.
there are 2 updates on my purchasee, first is im not getting max but base pro chip and second is those new pro chips may be the previous m2 max chips which could make sense why scores are identical to them im not certain but if performance is as score shows then this purchase may be the best buy in 2024, for around 2000 euro you get previous year max chip with extra features and colour which for me that is a must upg, second reason is pricing imac and macbook pro sit at same price difference is only size and chip while pro has alot more add-ons, and lastly are cons for using m1 imac even with upg ram, it is limited in performance, lacks features, display quarity is good but even at night it seems dim to me at max brightness so i almost never turn it down because of that size and quarity it is awesome but it is limited to very few things, since multi tasking does not matter on mac because of one motion swipe i almost never use split screen or multiple windows, i use finder and thats about it on desktop, trackpad makes things far too easy which mice you get similar results but the bigger your hand it the less likely it is to work out but as a mice i still belive it is the best mice i used except sensibility that is capped unlike trackpad, another is my personal issue, white basels and light colour im honestly sick of it it strains my eyes and eventually annoys me, and last reason is customization, in my area 16gb upg for imac is super rare like 2 product in 10 sites and price is very expensive, let alone getting add-ons like trackpad or full keyboard that is not an option, macbook pro in orther hand it comes with all features globablly so no negatives there except screen size which idk since i have not used laptops yet on stores the look great even on m1 macbook 13.3 inch, second complain is price and why i went for base pro chip, right now price of macbook pro in my area with pro chip starts at same price as upg gpu imac not to mention almost triple the perfromance since it starts at 8gb the imac, max chip cost twice the pro and by doing math and estimation, its more efficient to get pro this year if your low on cash and next year new macs come out anyway since apple now release yearly new macs so saving depends on personal use only while i do want max chip it may not be needed if the new pro can run what i want to smothly in this case games i brought games and cant play them, lastly is size and speakers, this year im going for 14.2 inch smallest laptop reason is i want to get used to laptops and adapt if needed since this is a new age and it moves forward faster than expected, i could apt to get 16.2 but the reason i wont get it is time used, i'd rather get the laptop as soon as i can than spend 2 extra months to get it, right now in ianuary i can get it if buyback works on imac, if not i need rethink my approch. have a wonderfull day and thank you for recommanding me imac for my first time use with minisopuru it was a wonderfull experience daily but flaws showed since it is still a 3 year old machine
Thanks for sharing all of that. That is quite a bit to ingest but I think I got the bulk of it. Good luck with everything and thanks again for watching the channel. Appreciate that.
this is not twice the speed as they proclaimed. Good enough for me to upgrade anyway.
I think they found one specific use case and then said that. Yes for most things it's like 30 percent faster give or take some.
They really don't make desk tops for professional use any longer. I am very disappointed at this point but after almost a decade the wish for one is over....
Yes, I do wish a 32 inch or 27" comes out eventually but I think the Studio Display and Studio system is the one now.
real world testing proved to be not as great even the thermos were not overly impressive
I have seen some good results also especially when compared to the M1 standard but yes thermals can get up there in some cases.
My advise is for people who really enjoy the All-in-One design of an iMac and are still using an Intel model that, picking-up a colorful 24-inch M-3 iMac, makes a lot of since. Even better if, you are able to take advantage of Apple's standard discount web sites for education, government, active military, and Veterans. They let you order any new computer system at a 10 percent discount. Which, has become the only way that, I buy an new Apple product (smile...smile).
They are nice for sure and I enjoy mine. I just wish it had the M3 Pro and with 24 GB it would be a great video editing machine. The M3 is still good but wish we had the option of the Pro chip.
@@craigneidel Yeah, I hear you. Felt the same way about the M--1 "mac mini", I waited and waited ... for over 18-months for the M-1 pro chip and then gave up and picked-up for about $1,000 a used, "space gray" trash can Mac Pro 8-core/D-700/64 GB/1TB SSD model and paired it with my already owned Apple 27-inch Cinema (none thunderbolt) display added an external Apple DVD super-drive and everything has been working great (smile...smile).
Trash can - haven't heard that for a while but the older equipment still works good in most cases. Thanks again.
The performance is close to the M1 Macbook Pro. I would still pass on it if I was looking because I prefer 27-inch monitor. Currently using a Dell 4k 27-inch 60 FPS monitor at home.
However, the imac is huge among short women community.
iMacs are great for the screens. Better than any third party monitor by far
not even a better up and down stand ! Rats!!!
Yep same old design but no price increase.
Still torn between buying an M1 iMac or M3 (both brand new) with $300 price difference. Please help. 🥲
That needs to be picked by you. You will get a few more years of OS support on the M3 and slightly faster speeds.
@@craigneidel got it, I would just get the M3 version for future proofing. Thank you so much!
Thanks.