Apple have surprised us with the new M2 Pro and M2 Max inside the 14 and 16 inch MacBook Pro and
we also have an updated M2 and M2 Pro Mac Mini we were told that this update was coming in November
2022 but it never came to be and we get to know some production issues along the line or something
like that but the main thing is we have updated chipsets all around and let's first of all talk
about the M2 Pro and the M2 Max and what Apple are promising us from these chipsets so with a
keynote type of video that looks like it was cut from a larger video that could have been
part of an iPad a MacBook video from last year we first got introduced to the Mac Mini with the M2
chipset this is the same chip that's inside the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air from Summer last
year but then a surprise happened the M2 Pro made its debut at this point into the presentation and
it's going to be put inside the Mac Mini so let's talk about what the the M2 pro has to offer and
mainly it's to do with additional cores if we do a comparison to the M1 Pro it gave us 10 cores in
its CPU and these were made from two efficiency cores and eight performance cores or the bin
version giving us six performance cores instead of the total of eight performance cores for GPU
it was 14 or 16 GPU cores there was also a video encoder and decoder too but now the M2 Pro is a
little different as you will see here it gives us a total of 12 cores in its CPU with four of them
being efficiency and eight performance cores or four efficiency cores and six performance
cores for the binge version for GPU it's now 16 or 19 GPU cores and there is also an improved
video encoder and decoder too so really we're talking about two additional efficiency cores
we're talking a little bit more cash on that processor and also we're getting around two or
three more GPU cores too now I will say at this stage it does sound impressive that the M2 Pro is
getting all these additional cores and a little later on into the presentation we were showing
the M2 Max with the MacBook Pros and let me run through the numbers of course on this chipset too
so again in comparison to the last generation the M1 Max CPU was exactly the same as the non-bend
M1 Pro so this gave us 10 cores in its CPU that were made from two efficiency cores and eight
performance cores then for the GPU we were given far more cores we got the choice of either 24 or
32 GPU cores and we also got two video encoders and decoders then for the M2 Max just like the
M2 Pro we have 12 cores in the CPU with more than being efficiency and eight performance cores but
this time for the GPU it's now 30 or 38 GPU cores we also have some more cash as well and there's
also an improved dual video encoder and decoder too on paper the brand new M2 Pro and the M2 Max
sounds absolutely groundbreaking in performance but not everything is As It Seems Apple's
10 minutes who you can see here share those comparisons of the M2 Pro over the M1 Pro to start
with as we can see here Tim basically said that the M2 Pro had up to 20 more power than the M1 Pro
in CPU and up to 30 more power in GPU performance whoa whoa whoa whoa let's do a reality check here
20 to 30 percent is that it to be honest that's not really groundbreaking or super impressive if
I did my little finger in the air sort of theory here if we had an M1 Pro chipset export a file and
it took in Final Cut Pro 20 minutes to export that file basically the M2 Pro would probably just take
under 16 minutes to do exactly the same file to me that is not a lot when you think about it when we
used to have the Intel MacBook Pros and we had the 13-inch model the top spec model of that you know
when we didn't export on that say the export took 20 minutes with that Intel chipset with
its dedicated graphics and all of that the M1 Pro when that came about did exactly the same video in
around about four and a half minutes so 20 minutes down to four and a half that's quite impressive
whereas here we're going from about 20 minutes with M1 Pro to M2 Pro taking about just under 16
minutes so really it's not the biggest leap in the world but moving on let's see what Tim said about
the difference between M1 Max and M2 Max which delivers up to 20 greater performance over M1 Max
and M2 Max has a much larger GPU combined with a larger cache it delivers up to 30 percent greater
performance yup same story 20 to 30 increase with CPU and GPU and again when you think about
this if I did my example again with exporting a video you get the idea it's going to be about the
same differences between M1 Max and also M2 Max don't get me wrong I think the upgrades that we
have got in the M2 Pro and the M2 Max are quite adequate especially the Apple I've got to keep
pressing on with more power in their chipsets but the story is now reminding me of old Intel from
2010 to 2020 with their i7 series for example we got marginal improvers each year as you can see
in some of the benchmarks and as you can see here also in my opinion about the M1 Max to the M2 Max
you will see here the M1 Max multi-core score and here is the M2 multi-core score 2. you can
see there isn't a lot in it even with those extra cores and the cores chewed up a bit with slightly
more performance in them so at this stage it might sound like all doom and gloom it does
looks like apple just going to be increasing their performance by about 25 on average every
single year but that's not going to be the case because when M3 comes along things are going to
be very very different indeed we've had reports that tsmc the manufacture of Apple's chips are
making three nanometer dye chips for apple and their Max and if you didn't know already the M1
and the M2 chips that are currently out right now are made on a five nanometer die now the reason
why you may want to hold out a little bit longer for an M3 chipset an M3 Pro and M3 Max or Ultra
whatever it is is because of this three nanometer dye process what this essentially means is that
all the transistors and bits and pieces on the chipset will be pressed even closer together
and in an even smaller form factor with that you get greater efficiencies and also you get better
performance because everything's even more closer then tie this in with what Apple does with their
chipsets they clock them up a little bit higher with their megahertz or gigahertz whatever going
to do there you can imagine putting these two together is going to be a great combination in
a power boost in performance and also for better efficiencies don't get me wrong I'm not expecting
to see a 100 power increase in the M3 chipsets over say the previous generations but what we're
probably more likely going to see is if you compared a normal M1 chipset to the normal M3
chipset you're probably going to see something around about 60 to 70 speed increase over those
two generations and that is very impressive and it might definitely be worth waiting out for
I'm going to say it again I don't want to put down M2 Pro and I don't want to put down M2 Max because
they are definitely really good chips and I've not even talked about efficiency either Apple
have also claimed that on the MacBooks that you should be able to get around about an hour extra
battery life on the ready impressive 17 and 21 hour battery life that existed with the M1
Pro and the M1 Max so to get an extra hour on top of that is really quite something we've actually
not lost any sort of battery power we've actually gained it what is again really really impressive
to see that apple have done this so yeah they are really good these chipsets but I think you can see
where I'm coming from here if you can wait out a little bit longer definitely get yourself an M3
variant of those chipsets when they come out and they're expected to come out the end of this year
2023 or early into 2024 and it's not that far away and I'll be updating you guys when those
chipsets are most likely going to be coming on this channel so make sure you subscribe and hit
the notification Bell to get more information about that but at the same time as well guys I
would also say that if you are on an Intel machine right now the clock is ticking for you and I would
definitely say you should upgrade yourself to an Apple silicon chipset right now if I was you I
have an option of getting an M1 or an M2 chipset is definitely a worthy upgrade if you want the
best of the best get yourself an M2 an M2 Pro and M2 Max but do remember there are some great
deals out there on the previous generation so for example I have seen lots of deals out there where
you can pick up the 14 inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro for about 1 500 now and that is 500 less
than when it came out and you'd still get the warranty and everything like that keep an eye
out on retailers for this because it is a really really good deal and you'd be saving yourself 500
just to get about 20 sort of less power than what you'd get in the M2 and that's if your budget is
tight but if you do want to push yourself to get the best of the best yeah definitely get yourself
the M2 Pro and the M2 Max but at the same time as well if you currently are on an M1 chipset right
now and you're currently looking to upgrade to the equivalent same chip so say if you are on an
M2 Pro or an M1 Pro and looking to go to an M2 Pro I wouldn't bother but if you are like for example
on the Mac Mini on an M1 and you're looking to upgrade to the M2 Pro Mac Mini then yeah maybe
it probably is worth looking into doing at the stage but also do remember that M3 is around the
corner too with that guys that's everything I've got to say about the new chipset what are your
opinions on it do you think the M2 new chipsets are worth upgrading to if you've got the current
M and one sort of generation or do you think you should skip it for now I would love to know
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