Apple MacBook Pro 16 with M1 Max touted to outperform laptops powered by Quadro RTX 6000 and RTX A5000 GPUs

[Redaktion]

Apple also introduced the 16-inch MacBook Pro alongside the 14-inch MacBook Pro variant. Both devices share largely identical specifications, though the 16-inch variant offers a direct configuration with the M1 Max in addition to two M1 Pro options. Apple claims that a fully maxed-out MacBook Pro 16 outperforms laptops powered by Quadro RTX 6000 and RTX A5000 GPUs.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-MacBook-Pro-16-with-M1-Max-touted-to-outperform-laptops-powered-by-Quadro-RTX-6000-and-RTX-A5000-GPUs.573820.0.html

[LL]

If they only compared to Resolve that is a very limited comparison, do not even have any 3D.

Where is the comparison with Cinema 4D  Cinebench R23(CPU) and Redshift(GPU). Note that Cinema 4D was in presentation, i found it strange if a performance comparison was not shown.

Side note Blender 3.1(probably around March 2022) will have a Metal version. So the BMW27 benchmark can be tested for CPU and GPU and compared to the version for PCs.

[Tridents]

If they only compared to Resolve that is a very limited comparison, do not even have any 3D.

Where is the comparison with Cinema 4D  Cinebench R23(CPU) and Redshift(GPU). Note that Cinema 4D was in presentation, i found it strange if a performance comparison was not shown.

Side note Blender 3.1(probably around March 2022) will have a Metal version. So the BMW27 benchmark can be tested for CPU and GPU and compared to the version for PCs.

In Apple's website they make a comparison between the new Macs and the older ones using Cinema 4D, Resolve, Photoshop, etc, etc. It won't answer all your questions but might give some idea.

[LL]

Thanks Tridents.
I'll be looking for independent benchmarks now.

[HashGuy]

My only GPU benchmark is hashrate. You either can mine or can't.

[Loki Rautio]

Given the lack of laptops that properly cool their Quadro graphics cards, I'd say that being "better than an A4000 laptop" is a pretty low bar. Will be interesting to see if it actually runs anything worthwhile at good framerates compared to similarly sized PC notebooks.

[Vaidyanathan]

Given the lack of laptops that properly cool their Quadro graphics cards, I'd say that being "better than an A4000 laptop" is a pretty low bar. Will be interesting to see if it actually runs anything worthwhile at good framerates compared to similarly sized PC notebooks.

A working Windows bootcamp mode would be a perfect way to test games. But Apple does not seem like it will provide drivers to MS anytime soon.