A Notebookcheck analysis of the performance and efficiency of the new Apple M3 SoC, Apple's first 3nm chip, in comparison with AMD, Intel and Qualcomm.
I have a mid 2019 i9 MacBook Pro, would you say the M3 is a good replacement for Final Cut editing and Blender animating? It’s not a pro processor, but it seems to have higher benchmarks, but what’s the catch?
I’m not sure that’s true. The i9 in the 2019 model outperformed the M2. And the M2 is only ~minimum 20% faster than the M3, maximum ~50% faster (on very specific workloads).
The M series chips can only support two displays so depending on what he’s doing this usually isn’t an issue.
The M1 could only support 8gb to the GPU with low memory bandwidth. Depending on the GPU in his 2019, we could be talking a 300-500% slowdown if he upgraded.
If his laptop has a GPU (not even sure if it does), he likely shouldn’t upgrade unless he does that comparison because even though M series chips are good, 5 year old GPUs are LIGHTYEARS ahead in video editing/rendering than even $2000 SoCs.
I should have clarified I was comparing CPU. Your right to look at GPU and Monitor support as well. The single external monitor still confuses me, I guess a reason to buy pro chips.
I have the 2019 i9 fully maxed out from my employer, and also several M1s (including Pros). When it comes to keeping your hands or feet warm, the i9 is a clear winner. For everything else, it’s the M1 … M3.
Seriously, any M, and especially the Max is a stellar replacement for any Intel MBP, and any workload; especially video, but Blender should perform better as well. The i9 is severly throttled. Otherwise, it’d just melt itself.
He needs to consider GPU. GPU is what matters with rendering not video. If his system is using CUDA than the M…17 doesn’t matter, he needs to consider this.
His system is likely not even using the i9 for his task…
The catch is Final Cut isn’t even using the i9 if your model has a GPU in it. The old Radeon GPUs in the 2019 Intel series macbooks are light years ahead in video processing than SoCs are.
With that considered, you’d likely see a 200-500% slowdown if you go from dedicated GPU to CPU only.
I have a mid 2019 i9 MacBook Pro, would you say the M3 is a good replacement for Final Cut editing and Blender animating? It’s not a pro processor, but it seems to have higher benchmarks, but what’s the catch?
The M3 should be way faster than you i9.
I’m not sure that’s true. The i9 in the 2019 model outperformed the M2. And the M2 is only ~minimum 20% faster than the M3, maximum ~50% faster (on very specific workloads).
The M series chips can only support two displays so depending on what he’s doing this usually isn’t an issue.
The M1 could only support 8gb to the GPU with low memory bandwidth. Depending on the GPU in his 2019, we could be talking a 300-500% slowdown if he upgraded.
If his laptop has a GPU (not even sure if it does), he likely shouldn’t upgrade unless he does that comparison because even though M series chips are good, 5 year old GPUs are LIGHTYEARS ahead in video editing/rendering than even $2000 SoCs.
I should have clarified I was comparing CPU. Your right to look at GPU and Monitor support as well. The single external monitor still confuses me, I guess a reason to buy pro chips.
I have the 2019 i9 fully maxed out from my employer, and also several M1s (including Pros). When it comes to keeping your hands or feet warm, the i9 is a clear winner. For everything else, it’s the M1 … M3.
Seriously, any M, and especially the Max is a stellar replacement for any Intel MBP, and any workload; especially video, but Blender should perform better as well. The i9 is severly throttled. Otherwise, it’d just melt itself.
He needs to consider GPU. GPU is what matters with rendering not video. If his system is using CUDA than the M…17 doesn’t matter, he needs to consider this.
His system is likely not even using the i9 for his task…
I have what he has, and there’s no GPU to speak of on the i9 MBP.
If he needs to run Final Cut Pro, he’s stuck with Apple, so I don’t think that there’s a real GPO to speak of.
I believe that the M1,…2 …3 are the answer, and especially the MAX.
Any Apple Silicon Mac would be a massive upgrade over what you currently have, period
The catch is Final Cut isn’t even using the i9 if your model has a GPU in it. The old Radeon GPUs in the 2019 Intel series macbooks are light years ahead in video processing than SoCs are.
With that considered, you’d likely see a 200-500% slowdown if you go from dedicated GPU to CPU only.