Here’s how M2 Max Mac Studio’s compares to last year’s M1 Max

Apple’s new M2 Max and M2 Ultra-powered Mac Studio is almost equivalent to its predecessor.

First off, the general design of the Mac Studio is similar as last 12 months, which implies it nonetheless contains a sleek-looking, brushed aluminum physique that can look nice sitting anyplace in an workplace.

Port-wise, the desktop Mac nonetheless options 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports (up to 40Gbps), one 10Gbps Ethernet port, two USB-A ports, a 3.5mm headphone jack (yay!), and new with this refresh, an HDMI port able to nearly all of the HDMI 2.1 spec (the options most individuals care about, in any case).

This up to date HDMI help permits the Mac Studio to work with an 8K show at 60Hz and 4K at up to 240Hz, and helps variable refresh fee (VRR), HDR and multichannel audio. It’s unlikely many Mac Studio house owners will benefit from these new options, however it’s welcome to see Apple holding the HDMI ports featured in its gadgets up to date.

On the entrance, there’s an SDCX card slot and two USB-C ports that help up to 10Gbps switch. And lastly, past the processor replace, the opposite new options embody Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.

“The Mac Studio (2023) targets users who know what they do with their Mac is resource-intensive…”

My expertise with the M2 Max Mac Studio has been expectedly clean these last few days. Whether I used to be doing gentle video modifying in Adobe Premier or modifying pictures in Photoshop or Lightroom, the desktop Mac simply dealt with the whole lot I threw at it.

Of course, the identical could be stated concerning the 15-inch M2 MacGuide Air I additionally used the last few days, so I’m seemingly not the Mac Studio’s core viewers. That stated, the Mac Studio (2023) labored nice for my functions, though its ample energy is clearly overkill.

The Mac Studio (2023) targets customers who know what they do with their Mac is resource-intensive, particularly in a world the place the cheaper M2 Pro Mac mini exists ($1,699).

But what you in all probability clicked on this story for are the benchmarks, so let’s get into it.

First up, we now have Geekbench 5 scores for the M2 Max Mac Studio Apple despatched me to take a look at out.

These Geekbench 5 outcomes aren’t very shocking. The Mac Studio surpasses its 2022 counterpart in single-core and multi-core CPU efficiency by a slim margin and sits proper above the M2 Pro Mac mini and MacGuide Pro I benchmarked earlier this 12 months. It’s additionally effectively above each Apple M1 chip we have benchmarked, simply as anticipated.

Next up, we now have the M2 Max’s CPU efficiency in Cinebench.

Again, there are not any notable surprises right here. The Mac Studio’s M2 Max chip is a lower above the M1 Max in single-core and multi-core efficiency. That stated, the few years outdated MSI Raider Ge76 and its twelfth Gen i9-12900HK processor beat it by a slim margin.

And lastly, we now have the Mac Studio’s GPU efficiency in Heaven and GFXBench.

There are, once more, no surprises right here (I feel you are seemingly noticing a sample at this level). The M2 Max is a notable enchancment over the M1 Max in GPU efficiency, seemingly at the very least partially due to its further GPU cores. It’s additionally notably extra highly effective than each chip we have benchmarked in Apple’s M1 sequence.

It’s value noting the Mac Studio (2022) I beforehand benchmarked featured 64GB of RAM, whereas the Mac Studio (2023) options 96GB of RAM, which may play into these improved benchmark scores to some extent.

Apple’s Mac Studio begins at $2,699 for the M2 Max model.

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