They also bested the Surface Laptop Studio’s best time of 12:03. The M1 Pro (14:08) and M1 Max (15:31) MacBooks lasted far longer than the ProArt StudioBook (6:16) and ZBook Fury (7:09). MacBook M1 Pro and M1 Max: Battery life benchmarksīattery life is jaw-dropping compared to the competition. As I've said before, the MacBook Pro M1 Max is an absolute beast - and a complete waste for gamers.

Both the Surface Laptop Studio (66 fps) and ZBook Fury (83) also performed better. The new MacBooks cannot touch the whopping 92 fps achieved on the ProArt Studio Book 16 (1080p). These numbers are marginally better than the 37 and 38 fps reached on the M1 MacBook Air and M1 MacBook Pro, respectively. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI runs at 46 fps on the M1 Pro (at 1512x982p resolution) and 46 fps on the M1 Max (1728x1080). However, our tests reveal some surprising numbers.

Gaming is one of the areas we expected the 2021 MacBook Pros to really shine. MacBook M1 Pro and M1 Max: Gaming benchmarks However, both new laptops surpass the MacBook Air M1 (653) and MacBook Pro M1 (649). We don’t have Photoshop numbers for the Surface Laptop Studio or Asus ProArt StudioBook 16. However, their respective times - 4:54 for the M1 Pro and 4:44 for the M1 Max - are comparable with the ZBook Fury’s 4:56. On the PugetBench Photoshop test, the M1 Pro (806) and M1 Max (877) scored less than the ZBook Fury (1017). They also outshine the MacBook Air M1’s 9:15 and the MacBook Pro M1’s 7:44.įinally, we have the sole performance category where the new M1 Pro/Max laptops lose.

Both the M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBooks also beat the Asus and HP laptops in this category, but not by so much. They convert a 4K film to 1080p at 4:51 and 4:48, respectively this is nearly half the 11:24 taken by the Surface Laptop Studio. The new laptops nab another win on our Handbrake video transcoding test.

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