Macworld - USA (2021-12)

54 MACWORLD DECEMBER 2021

FEATURE REVIEW: 14 -INCH MACBOOK PRO (M1 PRO)

16-core GPU, a 16-core Neural Engine,
32GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and 200GBps
memory bandwidth. With a 1TB SSD, the
14-inch MacBook Pro I reviewed is $2,899.
For this review, we also include results
from the following Macs:

The 16-inch MacBook Pro with an
Intel 2.4GHz 8-core Core i9 CPU, 32GB of
DDR4 RAM, an AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
discrete GPU with 8GB of GDDR6 video
memory, and a 2TB SSD. This laptop has
been replaced, and when I reviewed it in
2019 (fave.co/31kZiXq), it was priced at
$3,899.
The 1,299 13-inch MacBook Pro with
an 8-core M1, 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM, an
8-core GPU, and a 256GB SSD. I reviewed
this laptop last year (fave.co/2PXzhbw).
The $1,699 24-inch Mac with an
8-core M1, 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM, an
8-core GPU, and a 512GB SSD. I reviewed
this Mac in June (fave.co/3AvIV7y).
We have a separate article that
explains the differences between the M1

Pro and the M1 Max if you are interested in

learning more (fave.co/31dXZtf).

With Geekbench 5 (fave.co/3g8CyNZ),

the new M1 Pro left everything in its dust.

In the multi-core CPU test, the M1 Pro

showed an improvement of nearly 65

percent over the M1 Macs in our test

group. That’s not far from the 70 percent

that Apple touts. And the M1 Pro is 70

percent faster than the 2019 16-inch

MacBook Pro with an Intel 2.4GHz 8-core

Core i9 CPU—the fastest processor Apple

offered. It was nice knowing you, Intel.

Geekbench 5’s single-core CPU test

didn’t reveal anything surprising, with the

M1 Pro and M1 posting the same results.

The M1 Pro (and M1) boast a 39 percent

improvement over the 2.4GHz Core i9

CPU by Intel.

We see more muscle-flexing from the

M1 Pro in our Cinebench R23 (fave.

co/3q2vLw4) results, which showed a 60

percent improvement over the M1 in the

multi-core test. The Cinebench single-core

GEEKBENCH 5

Single-core

1,724

1,778

1,774

1,277

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

14-inch MacBook ProM1 Max 10-core (2021)

14-inch MacBook ProM1 Pro 10-core (2021)

16-inch MacBook Pro2.4GHz 8-core Core i9

13-inch MacBook ProM1 8-core (2020)

24-inch iMacM1 8-core (2021) 1,742

GEEKBENCH 5

Multi-core

7, 569

12,544

12,590

7, 3 8 3

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

14-inch MacBook ProM1 Max 10-core (2021)

14-inch MacBook ProM1 Pro 10-core (2021)

16-inch MacBook Pro2.4GHz 8-core Core i9

13-inch MacBook ProM1 8-core (2020)

24-inch iMacM1 8-core (2021) 7,70 8