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FEATURE REVIEW: 14 -INCH MACBOOK PRO (M1 PRO)application uses “deep learning” to
produce enhanced detail on images.
Using a 41MB satellite photo, the M1 Pro
was 161 percent faster than the M1.
Gigapixel AI is not a native app; it was
created for Intel CPUs, so the app runs
under Rosetta on Apple silicon. See the
test data and performance chart (fave.
co/3CPeEkT).
GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE
The M1 Pro takes graphics performance
much more seriously than the M1. The GPU
in our evaluation unit has a 16-core GPU,
twice that of the M1. During my testing of
the original M1, I found that it provides a
big improvement in graphics performance.
Let’s see what happens when you double
the number of GPU cores.
Rise of the Tomb Raider and
Civilization VI are older games written for
Intel, but the M1 Pro still drastically
improves upon the graphics speed of the
M1—there’s no reason to use lower
graphics settings. You can go with high
settings and enjoy the games the way they
were meant to be played.
Compared to the discrete 8GB AMD
Radeon Pro 5500M GPU in the 16-inch
Intel MacBook Pro, the M1 Pro’s GPU eitherHANDBRAKE 1.4
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24-inch iMacM1 8-core (2021)HANDBRAKE 1.4
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13-inch MacBook ProM1 8-core (2020)
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16-inch MacBook Pro2.4GHz 8-core Core i9
13-inch MacBook ProM1 8-core (2020)
24-inch iMacM1 8-core (2021)