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>I'm not sure - Apple's marketing claimed that the M1 was beating top end PC parts. This isn't even close.

Your statement is quite misinformed.

First, this is the M1. Not M1 Pro. Not M1 Max. The M1 is almost 3 years old.

Second, this is being translated from DX12 to Metal and also x86 to ARM64. Yes, both the CPU and GPU layers are being translated.

Third, Apple claimed that the M1 Max was the most powerful GPU on laptops. It was probably true depending on what benchmarks.

Finally, this is Cyberpunk 2077 running in Ultra settings. It's the most demanding PC game ever.



M1 has 8 GPU cores, M1 Pro has 16, M1 Max has 32 cores. Apple says the GPU of M1 Max is four times as fast as M1. So 30FPS Ultra on 1080p should be possible?


This is not the M1. You can’t configure a MacBook Pro 16 inch (stated in the tweet) with anything other than an M1 Pro / M1 Max, or M2 Pro / M2 Max on the latest models.


This is an M1 with 16 GB of RAM not 16 inch.


You’re right, my apologies I misread the 16 GB as 16 inch!




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