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Title: Apple's MacBook Pro 14 cannot handle the M5 Max
Post by: Redaktion on March 15, 2026, 01:00:20

If you are interested in the new M5 Max SoC, we recommend you get the larger MacBook Pro 16. The compact 14-inch model suffers from inconsistent performance. This is not only the case for the stress test, but also pure CPU or GPU performance.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-s-MacBook-Pro-14-cannot-handle-the-M5-Max.1249861.0.html

Title: Re: Apple's MacBook Pro 14 cannot handle the M5 Max
Post by: Gabriel G. on March 15, 2026, 01:57:37

this is well known, nothing new

Title: Re: Apple's MacBook Pro 14 cannot handle the M5 Max
Post by: Ben S on March 15, 2026, 08:17:45

Quote from: Gabriel G. on March 15, 2026, 01:57:37this is well known, nothing new

It's news to me, or anyone else who hasn't potentially bought a Mac since the Apple silicon change.

Title: Re: Apple's MacBook Pro 14 cannot handle the M5 Max
Post by: Just to clarify on March 15, 2026, 08:34:48

Quote from: Ben S on March 15, 2026, 08:17:45
Quote from: Gabriel G. on March 15, 2026, 01:57:37this is well known, nothing new
It's news to me

I think what they meant by that comment is the same thing happened on the M1 max 14" which was released over 4 years ago.

There are people on Reddit posting years ago they returned their 14" M1 max for 16" M1 max models for this very reason.

So it seems not much has changed since then..

Title: Re: Apple's MacBook Pro 14 cannot handle the M5 Max
Post by: Daviddmct on March 15, 2026, 15:03:22

Did you try power via a usb-c rather than mag safe? Using a 160w psu

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