![]() ![]() His experiments focused on Xcode, video exporting and Lightroom. And it has drawn a raft of opinion from people who really know their onions when it comes to specs, benchmarks and really putting these machines through their paces.įor instance, YouTuber, Max Tech, recently conducted a 20-minute deep-dive into the difference in performance between 8GB and 16GB of RAM on an M1 MacBook Pro: The RAM debate for M1 Macs is interesting, though. I genuinely don’t care how high a computer’s Geek Bench score is if it helps me become more profitable as a creator. This is partly because I’m not smart enough to understand what all of those numbers mean, but mainly because I’m far more interested in how devices feel during everyday tasks. If you’ve read or watched me before, you’ll know that I’m not a fan of benchmarks or spec deep-dives. If your finger is hovering over the ‘buy it now’ button for a new M1 Mac but you’re totally confused about which RAM option to opt for, I’ve got some real-world experiences that’ll help you with your decision. ![]() ![]() What a head-scratcher, right? Imagine if you bought the 8GB version only to find out later that you should have spent that extra £200… It’s a choice you need to get right first time, too, because there’s no user upgradability. The price difference between 8GB and 16GB on the new M1 MacBooks is £200. For more CPU-intensive tasks, however, the 8GB RAM model isn't that far behind.**CHECK OUT MY GUIDE FOR THE M1 PRO vs THE M1 MAX CHIPS HERE** For activities that require more memory, like exporting an 8K R3D RAW to 4K, it's only natural that the 16GB RAM configuration would finish faster. YouTube channel Max Tech puts these two M1-powered MacBook Pros through a series of tests and, depending on what's being tested, the performance difference between the two isn't that stark. Even benchmark tests don't give the full picture and you have to take them into context. It is, however, a simplistic view which could end up literally costing you when you decide which model to pick. It's probably logical to assume that an M1 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM will outperform one with only 8GB of RAM and that may be true in some cases. Thankfully, someone took the time to benchmark these two variants, and the results might surprise you a bit. Even the MacBook Pro (Late 2020) offers two slightly different models with different RAM capacities. Not all M1 Macs are the same, of course, and not just counting the difference between an M1 MacBook Air and an M1 MacBook Pro. Apple's M1 Silicon has definitely been hogging the computing news spotlight these past weeks, most of them comparing its performance with Intel's chips. ![]()
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