Mac mini M2 PRO vs M2 vs M1 vs Mac Studio | Pro Photo & FCP Tests! What is the best configuration?
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- Mac mini M2 PRO vs M2 vs M1 | Pro Photo & FCP Tests! What is the best configuration? This test will look at many of the new Mac mini with M2 PRO, M2 and compare these machines with the previous generation M1that gave a really impressive performance compared to intel macs of the past. You'll see a comparison between all of these machines, which will give you a good idea of how each performs. Each of the graphs will go over various workflow and needs. At the end I'll go over should you upgrade if you already have the M1? To which Mac mini, M2 or M2 Pro or Mac Studio. And if you are buying one now, what is the best configuration that you can customize to get the most performance out of your mac. These tests includes Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, Capture One, Photoshop, and light Final Cut Pro work.
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00:00 Intro
00:12 Preface & Welcome
01:02 Test Systems
02:11 Test Systems Price
02:48 Test Configs
03:43 Chip Segmentation
04:35 Pro Photographer Perspective
05:05 Single App Test
05:19 Retest Everything
05:55 Initial Impressions / Design
06:04 Displays & Calibration
06:38 M2 TB4 Ports & Displays
07:14 Reading the Spec
07:29 SSD Speed Does not matter
09:00 SSD Speed vs Size
09:26 RAM & How Much?
10:35 Activity Monitor - Memory Pressure
11:09 iStat Menu 6
11:35 16GB for Pro?
11:44 32GB Best for Pro
12:01 Lightroom Classic LRC
12:14 LRC 1K 1:1 Preview
14:18 LRC 1K Export
16:13 LRC HDR Merge
16:40 LRC Pano Merge
18:34 Lightroom LR 1L Export
20:12 CaptureOne C1 Preview
22:52 C1 Export
24:46 Photoshop PS
25:09 PS Speed
25:30 PS Medium 15.7GB Test
27:03 PS Huge 56GB
28:00 FCP H.264
28:13 FCP HEVC 8Bit
29:06 FCP ProRes 422
29:36 Should you upgrade?
29:47 M1 to M2 Upgrade
30:22 M1 to M2 PRO
30:46 M2 PRO vs Mac Studio Price
33:00 Conclusions
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When I say base M2 Pro, I am referring to the SoC and not the entire machine configuration.
If you find this video useful please consider contributing to my computer purchase find via the super thanks or my tip jar here www.paypal.com/donate/?business=V3FRL8X9Y92QQ&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD Much appreciated!
Done! Hope you reach your goal and thanks for creating the videos! Great to watch with sound recommendations to help others make informed choices
And hope you don't hesitate to put ads in your videos, you deserve the revenue for such high quality content!
Thank you!
This is the best, most comprehensive Apple related video I’ve seen in a long time. No hyperbole. No childish slang. Bravo!
Fully agree
Agreed
100% honest and no yelling and screaming that some other reviewers do.
@@tommykjensen absolutely. You hit the nail right on the head, mate!
@@tommykjensen agreed some other channels feel like 10 minutes of commercial for 15 years old
Thanks for the diligent work! It's the exact review I have been searching for. Real-world tests using the softwares I'm going to use is far more meaningful comparing with the dry benchmark scores.
Agreed!
Art, this is my first time seeing one of your videos. GREAT analysis. I've been especially looking for a similarly specced M2 Pro mini vs M1 Max Studio comparison for days now. I appreciate the effort you put in to testing and the quality of your presentation.
Awesome, thank you!
This is the video I have been searching for! Great analysis and in depth comparisons! Thank you very much!
You're very welcome!
Thank you Art, it's been a year since you helped me on deciding on the MBP 14in M1-Pro with 32 GB in a comment on one of your videos.
During the year, only once, I've heard the fans and it's because some random app crashed. Today, this computer still wows me.
Have a great weekend Art!
Awesome!
Nice! Been waiting to see these comparisons 😁👍
Thank you!
Now you know the difference between an expert vs a RUclipsr when comparing! Very helpful, thanks!
My pleasure!
Excellent comparison. The best I have seen so far.
Wow, thanks!
So much effort, what a fantastic indepth review.
Thank you.
Much appreciated!
Best video available to help understand what we are walking into when deciding. Thank you.
Awesome!
Amazing job!! Truly a diamond in the rough of a video!
Thank you!
This is impressive! Thank you for this video. Cant imagine how much time for all the testing went into this!
Thank you! Too much time 😵💫
Finally, someone who slowed down and organized a clear explanation. Thank you.
You're welcome!
Very thorough. Thanks for doing the comparisons.
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Excellent review thanks for the time it would have taken to do this. Makes me realise that my current set up is due for a refresh
Very welcome!
Thanks for this, you've confirmed most of my suspicions. On Monday I ordered an M2 mini pro with 32 gigs of ram and a terabyte of hard disk. Happy to be subscribed!
Great to hear!
Give this man a medal(or two)!!! This is the most details and straigh-to-the-point review ever!!! Thank you mister, you've saved me a bunch of time and headache to choose the best fit Mac!
Thank you!
This is the way a pro does a product review - excellent in every way.
Thank you!
Bravo, best comparaison I have seen on the subject!
Thank you!
I’ve just discovered your channel, but it’s really useful. Thanks. :)
Welcome!
A nice, deep, review of practical differences.
Thank you!
This is the video I needed!
Thank you!
Amazing as always Art and a special thank you for retesting everything with the current software configs!! Massively appreciated and looks like the M2 pro Mac mini is where I’m at!! Thank you!
Thank you!
Amazing as always, the most comprehensive and scientific comparison for Mac mini!!!
Thank you!
In addition to all the other complements on the technical quality and very professional delivery, it’s great that you focus on the photo market with video performance being a secondary concern. It’s the other way around for the vast majority of RUclips reviewers.
Thank you and I know. Photo is a just a passing thought for others. But this is what I do!
ART - Brilliant comparisons! Thank you ♥♥♥♥
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you for this detailed video. Everything brought to a point.
You're welcome!
Thank you for your great work!
Thank you!
hello, I've been watching your videos for 5 years now and even though I can't afford most of the reviewed models, thanks to you I have a much better overview of what bazaar model I'll buy and spend money on in the future... you're doing a great job, thank you for everything... :-)
Always great to have an idea.
Great analysis. Thorough and thoughtful. Thanks
Very welcome!
Great video, very detailed as always.
Much appreciated!
The best comparative video i've seen! thanks!
Thanks!
Fantastic review!
Thank you! Cheers!
Really cool video, thanks man
Thank you
Quite a thorough and informative video. Thanks!
Very welcome!
Great comparison and analysis. Thank you!
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Art, excellent review as usual. I have and M1 Pro laptop but thinking of adding a desktop. I was leaning towards the M2 Pro mini and now you have helped and enforced my reasoning as to why that is the best second choice for me.
Not going to lie it is a sweet machine. Better performance compared to the laptop varieties
GREAT video! Again
Thank you!
Nice with some real world testing. Super useful
Thank you! Cheers!
its a great video with in-depth review, thanks for making this video and all the time you have spent on it.
I appreciate that!
Great clarity - Super helpful - I learnt a lot.
Many thanks......all the way from London !
You're very welcome!
@@ArtIsRight You really are so good at explaining this stuff.
Thank you!
Great video! Very informative.
Thank you!
awesome review & testing
Thanks!
Amazing extensive tests and solid conclusions. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
I just made my choice after watching this video. Great work! Thank you.
Great to hear!
Such a good video, I watched it twice
Thank you!
Nice delivery, smooth, even paced, unlike a lot of RUclipsrs that speak as if they're emulating John Moschitta. Best of all, you know your material.
Thank you!
Very informative, thanks
Thanks for watching!
Very useful video. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Very well done. Thank you
Thank you too!
Wow, so helpful, thank you!!!
You're so welcome!
you're so good at this! in art we trust!
Thank you!
Exceptional review
Thank you!
This is best review for photographer! cheer
Thanks!
This helps. Thank you for your hard work.
You're very welcome!
Excellent comparisons!!! Thnaks for the research!!!!! I am a photographer and these are very interesting!!! THANKS
Thank you!
It was such a pleasure to meet you 10 years ago at the SWPP conference in UK 🇬🇧 been following your teachings ever since, thank you Art!
Wow, that is a while back, thank you commenting, the pleasure is all mine. When I make it to UK again, either to SWPP or otherwise, we'll have to catch up!
@@ArtIsRight That would be great! Thank you for the lovely video!
great review!!!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks I was hoping you would do this comparison!
Glad to help!
@@ArtIsRight I basically got a used M1 16GB Mac mini which will help me wait for the M3. It makes no sense to invest now much more money. Thanks again 🙏
It is costly
You are a rock store! What quality!
Thank you!
Good video man, thank you for sharing.
You bet
Thanks! very thorough and informative. Liked & subscribed.
Awesome, thank you!
Art, thank you for this analysis, it is the one I've been waiting for, and I also appreciate some of the comments other have made here. I am trying to decide between an M2 Pro VS an M1 Max Studio as the price is so close, and I go back and forth every day with each review I have seen. The performance advantage depends upon workflow and I do more photography than video, but I am concerned about future proofing also.
The M2 Pro is very capable, but I'm a little concerned about the potential heating. The Studio's cooling system is stronger and the I/O is quicker, but it is also 1 generation older. 30 years of buying Macs and it is always amazing to have such choices to struggle with! I look forward to your direct comparison between the Studio Max and the M2 Pro. Thanks for all your work.
Yes that is a touch one, video on that should be coming sometime soon.
Awesome Review!!!!
Thanks!
first of all. great great job. welll done. simple, humble, clear... congrats really
Thank you so much 😀
@@ArtIsRight can you help me giving me an feedback?
sure
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thanks much for such a very details clip in the easy catching presentation. Good work and keep it up, bro!👍👌
Thanks, will do!
Thanks Art!
You bet!
The thumbnail is so dope
Thank you!
Absolutely wonderful video I really like how you laid it out for the photographer and what would be beneficial. I’m assuming blender would also greatly benefit from the M2 pro chip. A lot of data, but very well presented.
I would think so but 3D app don't work well on these silicon just yet, regardless of generation. PC tend to do better with 3D
Awesome & Thanks :)
Welcome 😊
awesome thanks
You bet!
Great info video
Looking at the shipping dates on the custom M2 Pro you will have to wait until March
Man that date slipped, seems the machine is popular!
You did God's work here, subscribed!
Thank you!
Best Macs Mx comparaison ever
Thank you!
Wow, quite impressive and useful review. Thank you very much. I considered to upgrade my current M1 MM 16/512 to M2 Pro MM 32/512 theoretically, but now I see the clear profit of this. I usually do exactly those things mentioned in the video. One of them - panorama stitching. I do it in Photoshop with its Photomerge. And here is the catch. Stitching a 1-row set of photos is not a big deal today. I shoot with Canon EOS R with 30 MP sensor. I tried to make multi row panoramas with a telephoto lens to get most from it. Shooting source material for such kind of panoramas is a pretty big challenge itself because you have to have a special tripod head for this and be able to manage it (it’s not about an expensive automated head). Having full size JPEGs converted from RAWs, let’s say, up to 45 images, I try to stitch that panorama in Photoshop and it gives up halfway on alignment step probably because of RAM is over. The same time PTGui app does it much faster and effortlessly, but this software is so expensive for an amator stitcher like me. Thus it’s really very interesting moment if M2 Pro MM 32/512 will manage this task.
And one more question. How hot was M2 Pro MM according to iStats readings compared to M1 MM - CPU temperature, fan RPM? Was the fan ever audible under heavy load?
No audibly loud on M2 PRO and this is dependent on the environment as well.
The base M2 with an upgrade to 16gb ram seem like a killer value. Half of the Mac Studio specs but at almost 1/3 of the price and performs not too far off from it.
If you don't need the top speed that makes a lot of sense. If you are a pro, I would put in the money because it will pay itself off in no time.
Thank you so much for this thorough review and comparative analysis! I’d be really interested to know how the M1 pro (as in the 14 inch MBP) compares with M2 pro because I’m considering to buy a refurbished M1 MBP.
Video on that coming soon....
amazing video
Thanks!
Thanks
Welcome
Thanks for sharing this extensive test. Very very clear and useful. I bought a base spec Mac mini with M2 Pro and I am trying to understand if I should return my purchase in favour of a 32gb RAM one. Will keep testing my unit based on the tests you did here. Thanks a lot!
look at the memory utilization and pressure. if you are a pro then 32GB is justifiable and I would argue the minimum
thank you
You're welcome
Thanks again for doing this Art. Super detailed comparison, especially with the new test versions.
Been hovering between deciding on the Mac Mini and the Macbook pro 16". Both options would be linked to an external monitor. The laptop would be nice for just being more mobile, the downside would be battery degrading over time. Whereas the mac mini would probably be a cheaper alternative without the mobility.
I hear you, but your car tires degrade over time as well, it is just a consumable component in the machine. For many by the time it degrade it is time to upgrade the machine anyways. So what I would do is consider your need, do you need mobility, if so then there's no choice other than laptop. But if mobility is a wishful thinking that it may happen, what I have found is that most of the time, that laptop would just sit on the desk permanently or at least 98% of it life, to which, in this situation you are better off with the mini desktop
@@ArtIsRight thanks Art. Wise words indeed. #Artisright haha
Wow. Pro user here doing 90% photography and the rest 4K Resolve. Coming from M1 Mini 16GB/1TB I was going to go Mac Studio as it is similar price when configured similarly to M2 Pro. Now I’m looking back at M2 Pro based on these tests. Thanks for sharing your work!
If you work with video I would get the Mac Studio, the MAX chip has double the encoder decoder engine in both the M1 and M2 gen. So video exports and rendering will take half the time.
@@ArtIsRight agreed but it’s a smaller percentage of my work and reports are saying M2 Pro with PS and LR are up to 2x faster than Studio Max.
You see the results here, it is not quite 2X when compared to the MAX.
@@ArtIsRight Right however I’m distilling results from several testers.
Don't know how they are testing but I have not realized that result. I can go and stand by what I do. And this is what I would do in my actual workflow.
Great comparison, gives a good sense of what to expect in real world usage. Only other config I wish you had is the 32-core GPU M1 Max, but we can probably guess how it might scale based on your results.
What will you do with your MS M1 Max??
That video is up coming and as far as MAX GPU Export in LRC can benefit from this, also if one does video export item is 1/2 of Pro chip.
I was on the fence about the M2 vs Pro, think after seeing this video I'll go with the M2 upgraded to 16GB, and when I need extra storage just invest in a fast TB or 2 external SSD. For how I use computers seems like it would be plenty of juice for my use.
Thanks for a clear, and very thorough overview.
Nice!
The issue I have is that a 16/512 M2 only has 2 thunderbolt ports. The base 16/512 M2 Pro has 4. That's a deal-breaker for me and worth the extra $200 between the two configurations.
@@TheWesterosiNinja If I'm not mistaken, I believe that the HDMI on the M2 mini is HDMI 2.0 and the Pro has a HDMI 2.1 connection.
Thank you. I was waiting for this test and comperations. 2 weeks before mini M2 pro was released I switched mini M1 to the Studio base model. And was curious if I made a good decision :)
Still a good decision. It is still a good machine.
Thanks for the analysis, that was definitely eye opening. As a C1 user, I spotted a small mistake though in the numbers at 23:50. The difference between 38 and 52 min is not 24%, it's more like 35% or something like that.
Thanks for pointing that out.
Thanks for sharing the information!
I was wondering which of the upgrades to apply for the base M2 Pro Mac Mini in order not to reach the Mac Studio’s base configuration price.
Almost anything that you do will bring it close, You can push it over but there are ways to remain below.
Great review. I would like to see virtualization being added to the mix such as Parallels with Windows 11. My current thought process is to have MacOS run natively with Win11 in Parallels. This would tip in favor of 32gb and faster SSD aka the Studio.
we'll see what I can do.
Excellent work. Would be interesting to throw in there the 12-19core option as well to see how much of an incremental performance that would bring.
I have a similar test on that with the laptop variety coming. It is not the exact machine but the scaling would be similar.
exactly what i need to know as a photographer
Thank you!
Great, broad comparison. If I bought a Mac Mini M2Pro as a secondary workhorse, I would probably but it with the base M2Pro, only 16 GB RAM, and more SSD. This would set it apart from the Mac Studio, price-wise.
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I just picked up the older M1 mini with 16/1T, thought hard about the M2 before seeing this but i'll wait for your reviews on the upcoming iMac and MacStudio then add from there. Thanks Art for all the hard work you put into all your findings for us👍
Thank you
For C1 Pro you should consider testing .CR3 and .ARW files as well. It might indicate which types are better optimized.
I see your point, however, the scaling issue in software would still persist, it is code base not file type optimization issue. And yes each file time would produced different timing.
Thank you, well done this video. Maybe you can do one of the next comparisons with Affinity Apps and Pixelmator 2. Thanks.
We'll see, time investment is paramount on any test.
I originally wanted to buy the base Mac Studio given its just $300 from the M2p Mac mini 32/512. But looking at your comparison, I am now leading towards M2P mini 32/512. And hey... the AppleCare on Mac mini is cheaper as well. Great video and subscribed !
I know!
@@ArtIsRight I saw other reviews that m2pro Mac mini tends to run hotter than a Mac Studio. The bigger fellow has 2 big fans inside. Does the later translate into longer product life given it doesn’t run above 100 degrees?
To a point, but this is all calculated already in the creation of the machine and chip. So technically hotter or not, everything is run within Apple engineered specified envelop.
Hi Art.. this is a new subscriber comment. I learned more in this video and your excellent presentation than I have learned from countless other videos on the same topic here on RUclips. I really have to commend you for the way that you consider the viewer and you help show and explain what could be very complex knowledge to us in layman's terms. Thank you so much for the time you spend doing this. I would like to ask if you could do a video on the best monitors to use with the Mac studio. I'm having a hard time figuring that out! Thanks again for all you do maybe you should change the name of your channel from Art is Right to Art is Great lol!
Much appreciated! I'll also take Art Is the Best but I digress. For Mac Studio, if you are a creative I would recommend BenQ PD or SW display line. PD is more for designer / content creators. SW has hardware calibration capability and is really designed for photography workflow. If you want a fun display I would look at BenQ Mobiuz as well, the one that I am using now is EX3210U, 4K 144Hz 99% Adobe RGB. It is great!
Great breakdown, appreciate the effort. Do you have any recommendations for a Mac mini hub for the M2?
A few comes to mind, but I would make sure that you have all the ports that you need in a hub. There are some that shapes like a mini as well.