Apple brought a significant leap in performance with its transition to the M1 chip for its Mac and iPad last year. However, this year, at its Unleashed virtual event, the Cupertino giant unveiled its next-gen in-house chips, the M1 Pro and M1 Max, with the launch of the latest MacBook Pro models. These new chips are even more powerful than their M1 predecessor, and on paper, they pack more raw GPU power than Sony’s PlayStation 5 gaming console.
In order to test out the performance of the M1 Max chip, Apple compared a MacBook Pro model with the M1 Max chip with a 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, and 64GB of RAM to the MSI GE76 Raider and Razer Blade 15 Advanced, both of which are high-end GPU-centric laptops.
- M1 8-core = 2.6 TFM1 Pro 14-core = 4.5 TFM1 Pro 16-core = 5.2 TFM1 Max 24-core = 7.8 TFM1 Max 32-core = 10.4 TF
Now, as you can, the highest-end M1 Max chipset with a 32-core GPU can tackle 10.4 teraflops at peak performance. This is more than the Sony Playstation 5 that maxes out at 10.28 teraflops. Moreover, as noted by YouTuber ZoneOfTech, the M1 Max chip delivers a read speed of up to 7.4GB per second, which is also higher than the 5.5GB read speed of Sony’s gaming console.
