It's important to note that the M1 Max comes with the same 10-core processor as the M1 Pro, but you're certainly getting some other benefits. For graphical performance, the M1 Max comes with 32 cores, double that of the M1 Pro.

I fired up DaVinci Resolve to see if I would be able to hit the limits of the M1 Max and, after adding 12 4K 25fps 150Mbits/sec 4:2:2 AVCHD clips to the timeline and seeing no slowdown whatsoever, I admitted defeat. This laptop is a video-editing monster. If you reside in the U.S. territories, please call Goldman Sachs at 877-255-5923 with questions about Apple Card. We’re committed to making our products without taking from the earth, and to become carbon neutral across our entire business, including products, by 2030. Testing conducted by Apple in September and October 2023 using pre‑production 14‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M3 Pro, 12‑core CPU, 18‑core GPU, 36GB of RAM and 4TB SSD, production 14‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2 Pro, 12‑core CPU, 19‑core GPU, 32GB of RAM and 8TB SSD, production 14‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Pro, 10‑core CPU, 16‑core GPU, 32GB of RAM and 8TB SSD, and production 2.3GHz quad‑core Intel Core i7–based 13‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Intel Iris Plus Graphics, 32GB of RAM and 4TB SSD. Adobe Photoshop 25.0.0 tested using the following filters and functions: colour range, minimum, maximum, rotate image arbitrary and content-aware fill. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.Alongside its big brother, the 14in MacBook Pro sits at the top of Apple’s laptop range and it’s designed principally for creative professionals who need the power of a desktop workstation in something that can be slung in a bag and used on the go. It’s powerful enough to deal with the heaviest workloads, even in its lowest specification, but you still have the choice to ramp up the features if you can afford to. Other aspects of performance hit the spot, too. The 2TB SSD drive inside this laptop is rip-roaringly fast, reaching sustained read and write speeds of 5,352MB/sec and 6,351MB/sec respectively.

Testing conducted by Apple in September and October 2023 using pre‑production 16‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M3 Max, 16‑core CPU, 40‑core GPU and 128GB of RAM, production 16‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2 Max, 12‑core CPU, 38‑core GPU and 96GB of RAM, production 16‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Max, 10‑core CPU, 32‑core GPU and 64GB of RAM, and production 2.4GHz 8‑core Intel Core i9–based 16‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 5600M graphics with 8GB of HBM2 and 64GB of RAM, all configured with 8TB SSD. Tested with a 258MB study size using pre‑release Horos MD. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro. Unlike the notch of the iPhone camera, which caused its own share of controversy when it was introduced, the notch in the MacBook Pro 14-inch (and the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, which also has it) is flat.Testing conducted by Apple in September and October 2023 using pre-production 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M3 Max, 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU and 128GB of RAM, and production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 5600M graphics with 8GB of HBM2 and 64GB of RAM, all configured with 8TB SSD. Final Cut Pro 10.6.9 tested using a 5-minute clip with 4K Apple ProRes 4444 media, at 3840x2160 resolution and 23.98 frames per second, transcoded to Apple ProRes 422. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.

Testing conducted by Apple in September and October 2023 using pre‑production 14‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M3 Max, 16‑core CPU, 40‑core GPU and 128GB of RAM, production 14-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2 Max, 12‑core CPU, 38-core GPU and 96GB of RAM, production 14‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Max, 10‑core CPU, 32‑core GPU and 64GB of RAM, all configured with 8TB SSD, and production 2.3GHz quad‑core Intel Core i7–based 13‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Intel Iris Plus Graphics, 32GB of RAM and 4TB SSD. Tested with Affinity Photo 2 v2.1.1 using the built‑in benchmark version 21000. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro. USB-C Power Adapter (M1 Pro with 8-core CPU) or 96W USB-C Power Adapter (M1 Pro with 10-core CPU or M1 Max) macOS is the most advanced desktop operating system in the world. macOS Ventura makes the things you do most on Mac even better, so you can work smarter, play harder, and go further. Testing conducted by Apple in September and October 2023 using pre‑production 14‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M3, 8‑core CPU, 10‑core GPU and 24GB of RAM, production 13‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2, 8‑core CPU, 10‑core GPU and 24GB of RAM, production 13‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1, 8‑core CPU, 8‑core GPU and 16GB of RAM, and production 1.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7–based 13‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and 16GB of RAM, all configured with 2TB SSD. Open source project built with Xcode 15.0 and Apple Clang 15.0.0. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro. The M1 Max also has a beefed-up “Media Engine”, which delivers faster video encoding and decoding, particularly of ProRes raw video files. Apple says this enables the M1 Max to stream up to seven 8K video streams at once while remaining perfectly responsive.Perhaps more importantly, however, is that in addition to the all-singing, all-dancing default XDR display mode, Apple has included a number of pre-calibrated modes aimed at different creative scenarios.