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One thing most people forget is that one of the custom silicon blocks on the M1 is on-die compression/decompression, just like all of the video encoders. That and the fast SSD and the memory bandwidth really helps to make the most out of smaller memory footprints.

I mean, look: if you need 64GB of memory, it's not really for multitasking, it's because you need it for a single app with huge data. Until the application is really thrashing the swap, you can generally rely on the OS to take care of handling resources for you. That's the whole point. Apple's given itself a lot of headroom with the sheer speed of the RAM and cache, and SSDs now are pretty fast, so swapping something out in the background transparently isn't as hard as it used to be. But none of that really matters if you're buying a computer to last more than a year or two. If you can afford 64GB of memory and you plan to keep the machine for 4-5+ years, buy 64GB and never worry about whether you have enough RAM ever again.

Good job! Thanks for going to that extreme effort to show what those laptops could handle when filling up their RAM.

Max from Max Tech, taking bout M1 Max, comparing 2 Mac’s. 🤯

I think this was the most exciting review everyone was waiting for! Your reviews are unprecedented and unparalleled! What big companies claim about their products are tested "in ideal and controlled environments" as they clearly mention in their small prints and disclaimers! But guys like you put theses high profile machines into real life and hard tests to see actual performances versus official claims issued by companies!

You guys should summarise all the videos in the launch week and show stats in tabular format or a nice visual format!!

An extensive test that I was waiting to see.Good job guys!

Thank you, Max! This video helped me a lot to decide that I don't really need 64GB for what I do daily, which is mostly music production.

Excellent work pushing both to the max based on really world usage 👏🏻 Think you guys would do the which is best for you video just like the previous years, can't wait to see them!

Hey Max, really appreciate the comparison. I was waiting for this type of content before I made my final decision. Keep up the good work.

It’s amazing how you guys are putting out this much content in short periods of time❤️

I really think this obviously boils down to what you plan to use it for, I bought the 14 inch base model and I really love this machine, it’s by far my favorite Mac to date. I upgraded from a 16 inch MBP base model and I really thought I would be missing the sleek body and the Touch Bar and I really did like the Touch Bar (probably one of the few) But, I’m just blown away by how well it performs. I’ve gamed on it shadow of the tomb raider while also watching the new James Bond no time to die in 4k while also having 10 different windows up on safari and chrome for work and it didn’t miss a single beat! That would have NEVER happened on my 16 inch base model. Loving this machine!

Sweet, one of the test we all wanted to see. Feeling great about getting the 32 for future proofing

No one’s making better comparisons with these new M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBooks than you guys! Nixes job! It’s been really helpful

ABOUT dang time you ran this comparison test! I have been patiently waiting! THANK YOU THANK YOU!

A huge part of using these machines is running additional external displays. I haven’t seen anyone add that element to any of their tests which seems odd to me.

I’d really like to see these tests with the MacBooks connected to external 4k and higher displays, to see if that introduces performance hits. Also screensharing.

This is a great channel! I only caught sight of you folks in recent times, but it’s now among my favourite channels.❤ MacBook Pro here we go 🔥

One thing exceptional with Max is that you will always learn new thing. I keep looking up for the next...

Can you do a video on external displays especially for those that plan on buying the 14 inch macbook pro.

The question I'm most curious about is, how much do you need to restrict the cpu performance of the 14" 10 core M1 pro by to get similar battery life and fan rpms as the 16" base model. Thanks!

Wow so many comparisons and tests and still going. Great work.

I have been waiting just for this test. this video is exactly what i need. thanks, Max!

Great comparison - it seems that 32GB is a good enough workhorse - you can always use the saved money from upgrading to 64GB to get more storage (to absorb the swapped memory) - eg. buy 2TB storage instead of 1TB and keep 200-300GB storage free. Another video idea - test the battery life in both the 14" and 16" models at *low performance mode* and have a _looped_ "office" type workflow or movie watching to see how close it would match the M1 Air / M1 13" MacBook Pro models. That way, you can test to see if the 14" model is close to the M1 models, but has a better screen, faster SSD etc.

Great video, loved the comparison! One tip: When switching between tabs, use control + tab, it will be easier to do at the same time than looking where to click. :)

Thank you for all the comparison videos. You've put in a lot of work for us and have helped me out. I think the 14" base model will be perfect for photo editing and light video rendering. Thanks again!

This is the one, the video I have been waiting for! Thank you!

waiting for the 24core GPU one!

I used to "know" that my Macs needed 32 until I was forced by my M1 Pro to go down to 16. I do think there were occasions where 32 would have made a difference, but those might have been once every 2-3 weeks (my work requires pretty extreme multitasking). I could definitely continue living with just 16, although I went back up to 32 just for those unusual occasions where I have 40 different projects open. It's amazing how good macOS is at managing RAM; I'm also a PC builder and I also use PCs for work, and I basically find that whatever the amount of RAM I need on the Mac, I double for the PC and that works out OK.

Thanks for your honesty and for doing the research on this. It's really hard to know what to get when it comes to these specs.

Love this video! Very much needed recommendation not only for mac but also for pc gaming and workloads!

What about panorama / high megapixels editing in lightroom and photoshop? ArtIsRight tested the 16GB vs 32GB and the performance difference is huge. Export time is just 10% of the workload, we spent most of the time on editing.

You might consider getting Capture One for ram use tests. That program uses a ton of ram. I had it using almost 50GB ram on my 64GB Mac max this week.

Thanks. This was the test I was waiting for

Very thorough test! Good job guys! 👍🏼

I would love to see RAM tests with 4K After Effects projects with lots of effects. My PC (3950X, 2070super, 128GB RAM) struggles with that.

This is the video I needed, now I can make a firm decision on what to buy. Thanks to everyone at MaxTech for the hard work that was put into these videos

I’m glad you brought up the plug-in use case for logic. I constantly chew through ram with my effects plug-ins and just having a bunch of tracks isn’t a real world test.

Very impressive. I just bought the 16" MacBook Pro last year with 64GB of RAM. Watching the M1 videos is very impressive but I'll stick with what I've got for now.

I went with the 14" 10/16 with 32 gb memory and 2 tb ssd storage. I did the in between because I never go max as I never need it and I never go low. I am psychotic like that. Pro works fine for FCP.

In my workflow in Logic I max out the RAM by loading sampled instruments (the entire symphony orchestra) where each instrument could take 1GB. I’m glad Apple offers 64GB!

thanks. this was very helpful

Fantastic testing! I am amazed at the performance of these MacBooks!

You really should do a complete battery test for light use (netflix KZfaq web browsing light gaming like LoL). 14 Pro and max/16 pro and Max.

I have the 64GB M1 Max and just running Chrome, Safari with a bunch of tabs open, Affinity Photo, Mail, and a few other accessory apps I’m at over 32GB usage. So I’m happy to have the extra memory and not have to start using swap files. Worth paying the extra now to have the headroom for the future.

That was so much fun to watch. So good that I logged into my other google account to give you guys another subscriber. I'm so glad I went with the 32gb M1 Max (instead of 16 M1pro). Can't wait to get to work on it.

Thanks for the video Max, it's very helpful. Wish to see MBP in Parallel in depth test

This is the video I have waited for and I just love how much effort you put into this. 😃 My M1 Max 32 GB RAM will arrive on friday. 😍

16" M1 Pro 16 GPU VS M1 MAX 24 GPU full performance test, battery life and comparison pls Max

Thank you for all this very helpful tests! 👍

Amazing and thorough tests.. Subbed for life.

Thanks man! I was debating whether 64gb would be worth it for me, but considering the first 5 min is pretty much how I run my day (yes, with 30 chrome tabs open, haha) and 32GB ran without sweat, this saves me a cool $400, haha.

Good video, but you did forget resolve and premiere that uses a lot of ram. You also forgot after effects and even Resolve’s fusion. Final cut is optimized for the system so ram wouldn’t be much of an issue. This would have made this test more effective.

Great video! Good job guys. - This reminds me of some torture tests I used to do a long time ago: Back in days when I was a university student in Iran, I had a late-2011 Macbook Pro with 8GB of RAM (self upgrade) and a mechanical 512 GB HDD (!). I used to download a lot of 3D rednering projects for 3Ds MAX and MAYA from open source repositories. As far as I remember, these projects used to be huge in size, and to download them, I needed a very fast internet. The internet speed limitations in Iran was really frustrating in those days, so I could run multiple PCs to multiply my download speed! But it was difficult to manage all of the downloaded files over multiple PCs, and I did not have access to multiple PCs in the first place! So, what I did was to run one Windows 7 VM, one Windows XP VM, and one FreeBSD VM, all from Parallels on my Macbook Pro and use the University internet! For some reasons, the university internet identified these virtual machines as independent machines and gave them the full download speed of a normal client in the University network! So I was able to multiply my download speed with one laptop! I turned down all the graphic settings in Windows VMs, and FreeBSD was just a command line VM. I used a 1Gb/s Ethernet cable, and had to leave my laptop in the lab for about a week to finish the downloading. Also, to monitor the downloads, I ran a TeamViewer session to remotely connect to my laptop from the home PC. I was able to collect massive repositories of 3D projects in no time! Of course, I did not get to see all of those rendeirng projects, but I did find a way to quickly download them_ only to delete them later on, as I had to come to US to continue my grad studies! And yes, the Macbook Pro handled these tasks without any crash or any hiccup in terms of dropping the downloads! Oh and by the way, as a University grad student, I had to run some light MATLAB and LabView simulation projects, and also read papers in PDF and surf IEEE website to gather interesting papers for my thesis. - On another note, MATLAB and LabView can be really intensive in terms of RAM usage, even in today's standards. I suggest you guys to use MATLAB simulations as well, so that firstly, these speed tests would make sense to academic community too! Secondly, you can see a real difference that is actually making life much easier for a grad student who has a paper submission deadline approaching! As an example, during my PhD work, I had to run 8 to 12 MATLAB simulation sessions on a PC with 32GB of RAM. We also had a 16GB PC in the lab that could handle half of these MATLAB sessions. This means that a 40-hour simulation project on the 32GB PC would take nearly 80 hours for the 16GB to complete. MATLAB simulations are extremely RAM-dependant, and can be run in either single core or multi-core mode. Therefore, I am expecting that a 64GB Macbook Pro could easily run nearly twice the number of MATLAB sessions compared to the 32GB Macbook Pro. I can help you guys with preparing MATLAB simulations, at no extra cost! I just love you guys' work because I see the footprints of an academic study in them: very smart experimentation process with clear observations and informative conclusions. I feel I can contribute to your work and elevate them a little bit. I have not worked with M1 pro/max processors on MATLAB, but my enginerring instinct tells me that MATLAB is still MATLAB, and RAM is still RAM! But I am also curious to see how M1 pro/max processors can handle MATLAB sessions! Thanks, a keep up the good work!

Thank you so much for the effort of the comparisons!

You guys have given us indepth reviews on this Macs and am well educated. Thanks for this education hoping to win this Giveaway for Africa cos we are always left out thanks Max for expanding it to other countries.

Insane!! Can't believe how well it runs on 32GBs! Thanks for doing this benchmark! I use Adobe After Effects, not sure if you would want to do a benchmark test difference between the 32GB and 64GB in AE with playback and render times.

Answered all the questions I had + more..... Great video! Thx so much!!!

Picture-in-Picture showing the Activity Monitor for each machine would be great, so we can watch the memory activity. But nonetheless an awesome test and video!

these laptops are mind-blowing!

A similar detailed battery comparison between M1 Pro 16" and M1 Max 16" would be much appreciated. Performing everyday normal tasks and extreme tasks both. Also, switching between low power and automatic mode. Thanks alot for the videos!

I liked the results, I personally have the 16 gig M1 MacBook Pro and I never had any problems. Thanks for the recommendations really like your videos

Thanks for the video! I would be interested in seeing how the M1 Pro and M1 Max perform with 3D modeling software?

Thanks for making me regret getting 64 gigs… 😅 love the content guys!

I want a MAXed out M1 MAX from MAX Tech with a drawing of MAX on it saying "...aaaand BAM!!"

wow was waiting for this review! awesome stuff!

This is what I’ve been waiting for Thank You!

If you really want to see a difference between the 32GB and 64GB, try a few After Effects benchmarks. Still, it makes total sense that in the vast majority of use cases the 64GB is overkill.

As someone who has 64 gb of ram in my 2019 27” iMac and regularly my ram usage is around 50gb the extra money for the ram is my only real option. Plus I generally keep my machines for 6 to 8 years it also provides longevity.

Very Helpful. You're changing my mind. Love this.

Thanks for making so many comparisons!

I knew going into this video 99% that for my needs the 32GB should do me fine for some years. Now I'm getting curious about 16GB...well, I forget now if that is even an option with the Pro Max (which I just barely "need" and have decided on, though probably just the 24-core GPU version much more than OK for me).

I think 3D artists with heavy scenes and the new after effects mult rendering will benefit from the 64gb ram.

Bam! Bam! Bam! Very impressive results! Thanks again guys. Love it. Keep 'em coming.

Thank you guys !! Deep review like this are really helping out when it comes to choose a new piece of gear. Very well done!!!! ciao From Italy:)))) love and Spaghetti :))))))

Really impressive what they can achieve with their ram, still impressed with the 8gb m1 air

Well, since I didn't win the giveaway lol I went ahead and ordered a 16" with 32GB of RAM. I'm glad you put out this video because I was concerned on whether I made the correct decision. I upgraded to the MAX processor but the binned 24 version and went with a 2TB drive. With my military discount it ended up still being a whopping $3500.....it will take awhile for it to pay for itself lol

Amazing! Cant wait to get my hands on one of these machines

Great real life example, way better than simple fps in games, nice work

To anyone watching, keep in mind if you don't like closing chrome/safari tabs and leaving a lot of tabs open in the background then 32gb will slow down and lag your macbook much faster. In this video he only had 30 tabs open. I often have hundreds of tabs open in the background and they chew through ram like crazy, making other applications lag like crazy.

You guys are in beast mode🔥🔥

I was waiting for this... the confirmation I needed to know the 32 I ordered is enough! Thanks!

You guys are so good. Thank you SOOO much for your very hard work

Great video! My development workflow with 3 external monitors (1 5K, 2 4K) would push 32GB , but it would work. My concern is with SSD churn because of swap when the workload gets close to the 32GB limit. For a professional machine, that will be used for 3-4 years, the cost to get extra RAM, is relatively minor considering you cannot add more later on (the same goes for SSD space). Plus, I do not know what my next development workflow may look like…so I believe if in doubt, go up to the next level.

You tested them mostly in sequence and hese tests are unusual to happen daily so that's incredible But there are these massive projects peopme have once in a while. So please test simultaneously renders and benchmarks: Having an 8k project playing + an after effects with a ton of effects + applying edits on Lightroom + having a 4k/8k KZfaq video open on the side. I just wanna know the limits of this machine because I'm gonna keep this for 10 years. I wanna see it crash 😂

Fantastic video. I would have liked to see you working on the videos a bit while everything else was running. That usually messes up with responsiveness. I also wonder how much impact will memory pressure have in the future and if it will be consistent. And one more, I notice that any system slows down once its storage is at capacity. So, interesting to see what happens with these additional stuff and if indeed the 32GB can handle it just fine. Great review guys. Amazing job as always.

I think the ambidexterity of dual wielding MacBooks is very impressive! Great video again!

I generally keep my computer for 7-10 years. b/c it makes more sense to me to max out at he purchase and then not need to upgrade everything every couple of years.

Buy it nice or buy it twice. I'm doing premiere/lightroom/ae/pts w effects for the next 4, 5 years so Max 64gb is my choice. Thanks Max for your hard work.

This video is INSANELY GOOD!!! Great work!!

thanks been waiting for this 1 !

This makes me wonder if the 32GB can handle recording PS5 video on OBS for 8-24 hours in a row with little to no frame drops.

I would love to see the performance on training a large neural network. 64gb of GPU memory would be sooooooo nice

Thanks for the comparisons. It would be even more helpful if you were able to test these machines using Premiere and AE.

Awesome testing, and explanation.

If anyone needs the 64gb ram, I would question your OCD behaviors more than your workflow 😂

This convinced me to get the 32Gb version instead of what I was going to get (64). The most I do is 4k video editing, and with that 8K test and all that background stuff it showed me that the 64 is overkill for what I need.

Thank you so much for this much in depth review. So excited for the giveaway ❤️

Amazing work as always