5 ms·

I also can feel a speed/sluggishness difference between my M1 Max MacBook Pro and my M4 Pro (14 core).

• jtbayly 22d ago
  Honest question: Which one feels faster?
  • nodesocket 22d ago
    Obviously the M4 Pro feels faster.
    • jtbayly 22d ago
      It’s not obvious to me. It’s somewhat surprising, even, given the specs I just looked up: M1 Max: 400 GB/s memory bandwidth, ~20.8 FP16 Tflops M4 Pro: 273 GB/s memory bandwidth ~17.2 FP16 Tflops
      • nodesocket 22d ago
        True but memory bandwidth is not the entire story. Geekbench (while not a end-all benchmark) shows: Single-Core Multi-Core M1 Max, 10-core 2,204 14,004 M4 Pro, 14-core 3,311 24,711 Single-threaded CPU: M4 Pro is roughly 1.5× as fast. Multi-threaded CPU: M4 Pro is roughly 1.75× as fast. GPU: roughly equal to a full 32-core M1 Max, with the M4 Pro slightly ahead in Geekbench Metal.
        • jtbayly 22d ago
          Makes sense. I am still getting a feel for the different levels of these processors.