So instead of doing a traditional macbook pro m2 review today i want to give you the only reason
why you should buy one instead of the m1 macbooks that are out there at the moment so the first m2
mac is here kickstarting the next generation of apple silicone it looks identical it's the same
design basically that we've had since 2016 on these 13-inch macbook pros so for the unboxing
as you can see i can't really be bothered it's the same as the m1 pro 13-inch it has the charger
cable and of course the macbook pro and love it or hate it it also does have that touch bar still
we have the new m2 mapper air that's starting at around about 100 less in the us than this and
it has a slightly bigger screen it's thinner it's also lighter does have a better webcam and fanners
but we'll get on to that a little bit later on so why would you buy this macbook pro with an
m2 chipset inside it what's to do with one feature what's on that m2 chipset what i want to show you
so looking at these geekbench scores that you can see here starting off with the single core so
you can see in this chart here i've basically got all the m1 variant chipsets and i've also got the
m2 so at the bottom you've got the m1 chipset with that eight core gpu inside it
and then above that you've actually got the m2 with the 10 core gpu on the geekbench 5 score that
i've done here and as you can see here it's leaps and bounds ahead in single core performance than
any of the other chipsets out there right now even more than the m1 ultra and the main reason behind
this as we know is that basically with especially as you can see with the m1 pros the m1 ultra the
single core score is basically the same and to be honest even looking at the score hits not that far
ahead than the actual m1 i know this chart is kind of zoomed in but just to give you the perspective
here you can see that the m2 chipset is nine percent more powerful in single core performance
than the m1 and on average it's around about eight percent faster than we've got on that m1 pro
the base model the 8 core cpu and also the 10 core cpu m1 pro and m1 max and even that 20 core cpu on
the m1 ultra but moving over to the multi-core score and things change even more here what's
quite exciting to see with the m2 we can see the m1s at the bottom and the m2 is around about 21
more faster in multi-core performance remember apple did claim it was going to be around about 18
more in overall kind of performance but in multi-core performance as you can see here on
geekbench five it's 21 the most interesting thing is the next actual chipset and that's that m1 pro
with that base eight core cpu and it's actually only six percent more faster than the m2
chipset and that's absolutely amazing then that 10 core cpu m1 pro and max remember they share the
exact same sort of cpu inside it it's only 29 more faster than the m1 pro baseline and then obviously
the m1 ultra because it's got that 20 core cpu it's 96 more powerful than the m1 pro and the m1
max with the 10 core cpu but even moving over to the geekbench 5 compute metal score and this is
more to do with kind of sort of your graphics and your cpus all working together you can see here
that the m2 chipset with the 10 core gpu not the 8 core one it's actually 47 more faster than the m1
8 core gpu and then the m1 pro is 22 more faster than what we've got with the actual m2 chipset
then obviously the m1 pro and this is with the 16 core gpu is six percent more faster m1 max 63
faster than obviously the m1 ultra over the m1 max is 46 percent more faster but like i said the main
thing to take away is where the m2 chipset sits right now between that m1 pro that 14 core gpu
baseline chips that we get in the 14 inch macbook pro at 1 999 and also the m1 chipset the 8 chord
gpu what this m2 chipset replaces so we can see that the m2 chipset is faster than the m1 and
this was very much expected but you're wondering still what is that main reason why you should buy
the m2 chipset over the m1 well let me show you right now something that apple talked about at
wwdc as an extra feature inside the m2 chipset over the m1 is the media engine only on the m1
pro and above has a media engine inside it so this is a first for the standard m2 chipset to actually
get this because the m1 like i just said doesn't actually have it and what i've done here is i've
exported an 11 minute video on this macbook pro i prores and then basically what i've done is i've
done the exact same export on multiple other apple devices and let me show you the results right here
so looking at this chart do remember guys lower is better not higher is better lower is better
so at the very top here you can see that the m2 chipset exported this 11 minute video in 362
seconds whereas the m1 chipset and remember that has that eight core gpu did it in 589 seconds
but what's more amazing is that m1 pro that base 8 core cpu did it in 273
what isn't really a lot in it then the m1 max did it in 249 seconds and then the m1 ultra did it in
239 seconds you can see that massive difference there between the m2 and the m1 and you could
actually argue that the m2 is more closer to that baseline eight core cpu inside the m1 pro
something else that we've also got to remember is there is a video decoder
now in the m2 chipset and this is for h.264 and havoc as well and also the m1 chipset variants
lack this but i do expect we'll probably get this inside the m2 pro
and all the other m2 chips are out there to even possibly even have multiple decoders inside it
but for video editing on its own this m2 chipset in my opinion is a way better buy than say the bin
m1 pro 8 core as you're getting far more money worth inside this macbook pro with the m2 chipset
yes i know with the 14 inch macbook pro you do get a bigger better screen better camera and
more ports on that 14 inch model but just for raw power of that bind m1 pro look again here you can
see you're only getting about six percent more power in geekbench and remember on that media
export i just showed you the gap is closer to the m1 pro than the m1 normal with the brand new
m2 chipset with that media engine inside also remember with this macbook pro with the m2 chipset
i've only got eight gigabytes of ram inside this machine whereas the 14 inch macbook pro no matter
what configuration what you have with the m1 pro inside where this is the bin version or the normal
version it starts with 16 gigabytes of ram and that's what this exports been done out and all
these geekbench scores have been done at it's one with 16 gigabytes of ram inside it this new
macbook pro also gives you the 410 core experience for 1 299 and remember again i'll stress it it's
only six to ten percent slower than the m1 pro in the geekbench scoring here of that 14 inch macbook
pro that cost hundred dollars more however for the 13-inch macbook pro that i have here
the elephant in the room comes in a few weeks time the m2 chipset inside the baseline macbook
air only has an eight-core gpu of 1199 but here's the big bar if you want the 10 core gpu
like in my m2 macbook pro it will only cost you 100 more bringing it up to the same price at 1299
so for the same price you'll be getting a bigger screen you'll also be getting a
better webcam you'll also get a thinner and lighter design you also get magsafe3 on it
and you also get that brand new midnight color the only thing that you'll lack on
is about sort of two hours of battery life compared to the macbook pro m2 what gives it
that extra little bit more boost of battery life but to be honest you know with that
macbook air i would easily trade up two hours of battery life for all those extra new features
so overall if you're desperate for an m2 chipset right now go ahead and buy the macbook pro and
to be honest even after next month after the new macbook air with the m2 chipset comes out
we all know the stock's going to run out really really quickly and let's be deadly honest the
macbook air is going to be longer to wait for than this 13 inch macbook pro so basically
get this pro right now unless you can be patient and wait for an m2 air what might take a couple of
weeks or even a couple of months to actually turn up the other thing to take away from this video
is how impressive the m2 chipset is for video editing don't get me wrong the m1 chip is still
really really impressive and it will be for many many years to come so definitely still
do pick this and also if you do do some light video editing it's still going to be great
for that but the main thing is is that we do have a new chipset what is a competitor to the m1 pro
chipset out there and that is this m2 and the main reason behind that is that video media encoder
built inside it because it changes everything so it's definitely worth considering possibly getting
say the new macbook air or the macbook pro with an m2 chipset inside as i believe you'll be getting
even more of your money's worth than buying that binned m1 pro in my opinion in just power
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