Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel

Re:Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel by phyalow on Friday December 24, 2021 @10:39AM (#29674451)

I have a 16" M1 Max, fully loaded. The thermal profile on this thing is insane, here is a screenshot of the internals after being on for a couple of hours with a bunch of chrome tabs open https://imgur.com/a/yjXxdvJ its barely warmer than body temperature.

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Re:Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel by vmception on Friday December 24, 2021 @02:40PM (#29677023)

Also note for anyone on the fence about being 1-inch larger,

the 16 inch model is the same physical size as the 15-inch models and they removed a lot of bezel. the screen has the same camera/sensor notch as an iphone does, which allows them to extend the screen farther.

full screen videos are letterboxed 99% of the time so the notch blends into. I don't play full screen games so can't tell if thats an issue. and it is in the OS top bar the other rest of the time.

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Re:Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel by shukantpal on Friday December 24, 2021 @04:55PM (#29678136)

The 16 inch is slightly larger. I had them both for a week when switching and stacked them on top of each other to check.

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Re:Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel by vmception on Friday December 24, 2021 @05:42PM (#29678478)

oh yeah you might be right, I had skipped the donglebook models and compared to the last pre-M1 model that had magsafe and an sd card port

I had googled the size comparison before I purchased the M1 Max model and it helped move the needle for me, but I don't remember the source and we were likely comparing different models

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Re:Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel by FpUser on Friday December 24, 2021 @01:40PM (#29676381)

Bunch of tabs idling should consume no CPU. Why would you expect it to be warm?

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Re:Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel by secondcoming on Friday December 24, 2021 @12:32PM (#29675529)

Doing something like code compilation would be a better test of thermals than opening a bunch of chrome tabs

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Re:Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel by sosborn on Friday December 24, 2021 @12:41PM (#29675652)

I don't know - there are websites that will make my 2017 MBP generate more heat than the sun even if they are in the background.

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Re:Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel by CSSer on Friday December 24, 2021 @11:25AM (#29674861)

Wow, thanks for the share! I had no idea there were that many temperature sensors throughout the board.

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Re:Apple to Apple Comparison: M1 Max vs. Intel by sersi on Friday December 24, 2021 @01:34PM (#29676309)

I tend to be around 55-60 degrees... Still great though, my previous mbp from 2019 was around 90

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