The new MacBook Pro has left us with our mouths open for the potential of its processors. Although numerous benchmarks have yet to be done outside of Apple-controlled environments, some of the data provided by the benchmark allow us to compare it, for example, with a PS5. While the target market is completely different, it is interesting to see how far Apple Silicon has advanced in such a short time.
According to him benchmark obtained by YouTuber Vadim Yuryev, la GPU del M1 Max, the most powerful chip in the MacBook Pro, achieves a graphics performance of 10,40 Teraflops. The PS5, meanwhile, lags slightly behind with 10,28 Teraflops. If you’ve been part of the conversation — toxic, by the way — surrounding console warfare, you probably know how much this issue is mentioned; apart from other figures that are equally important.
In addition, the MacBook Pro integrates a SSD with a read speed of 7.4 GB / s, beating the console’s 5.5 GB / s by a wide margin. Yes, specifically on the two parameters mentioned, the laptop outperforms the PlayStation 5.
By the way: The PS5 has 10.28 Teraflops of performance. The M1 Max has 10.40 Teraflops. Mind blown!
– Vadim Yuryev (@VadimYuryev) October 18, 2021
Now, there is one key feature where the PS5 fares better. Your memory bandwidth, of 448 GB/s, is higher than the 400 GB / s of the MacBook Pro (same bandwidth on the M1 Pro and M1 Max).
The MacBook Pro points to another market, but it does not stop surprising
With these data we can ensure that the MacBook Pro with M1 Max chip is graphically more powerful than the PS5? On paper it is, but it is not as simple as it sounds. The reality is that they are products whose components were designed with very distant objectives. Let’s go, it’s not even the same architecture.
Apple’s laptop is aimed at a professional market, while the PS5 is a hardware to enjoy video games. You won’t be able to play games on the MacBook Pro The Last of Us Part II, and on the PS5 you won’t be able to edit 4K video, to mention just one of many tasks. Regarding the price, the computer with the indicated specifications is close to the 3,000 dollars / dollarswhile the console can be obtained by 500 dollars / dollars.
Despite the glaring disparity, it is clear that Apple’s first generation ARM processors are exceeding all expectations. At the moment, those from Cupertino are walking “alone” in this architecture both on smartphones / tablets and computers.
