MacBook Pro: the M1 Max, gaming is not its forte

23/03/2022 By gifsauce 895 Views

Alexander Schmid

October 25, 2021 at 7:26 p.m.

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The 2021 MacBook Pros are powerful enough for video gaming, but their technical specifications hinted at even better performance.

MacBook Pro : le M1 Max, le gaming, c'est pas son fort

Apple launched its new MacBook Pro a week ago, equipped with new generation M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. The Apple brand then promised exceptional performance and boasted an overpowered GPU, even daring to compare it with recent dedicated graphics cards.

First gaming benchmarks for the M1 Max and M1 Pro

If we suspected that Apple was not selling us wind on the performance of its SoCs for creatives and professionals, we wondered if these would hold up vis-à-vis video games, given the record monstrous technique communicated by the American group.

We have the beginning of an answer with tests and benchmarks carried out by YouTuber Dave2D. And the result is clear: if it is possible to play in good conditions with a MacBook Pro equipped with an M1 Pro or M1 Max chip, the performance does not reach that of the best graphics cards on the market.

The portable RTX 3080 beats the M1 Max in gaming

On Tomb Raider for example, in 1440p and with a level of detail set to “High”, the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max chip (32-core GPU) reaches an average of 83 frames per second. This is very good, but we are far from the 112 frames per second of a laptop under RTX 3080 (100 W) under the same conditions.

The 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro SoC made up of 14 GPU cores displays 57 fps for the same exercise. That's less than a portable RTX 3060 (70W), which manages to get 79 fps.

Results that could disappoint some following Apple's promises, but which remain impressive: who would have bet on such powerful ARM chips two years ago?

Source: Wccftech

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