DaVinci Resolve + M1, M1Pro & M1Max (Playback Stress Test)

[@LearnColorGrading]

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[@vicentejum]

Test Logic for musicians please! 🙏

[@DaveDugdaleColorado]

If you have time and you still have all 3, I would like to see more tests on rendering, tracking, NR, etc.

[@LearnColorGrading]

Working on tests for tracking, noise reduction, rendering and more.

[@chinitopinoy1726]

@@LearnColorGrading yes could you do Neat Video fps benchmark on 1080P and 4K footage on all configs? Want to see if it’s worth getting the Max. Neat Video is a good stress test because on my base M1 Air, I'm getting 13 fps and 3.5 fps playback on 1080P and 4k footage respectively. Thanks! BTW, if you don't have Neat Video, you can download the trial and still run the benchmark I think.

[@chinitopinoy1726]

I agree Dave. Neat Video is a good stress. I'm getting about 13 fps and 3.5 fps playback in FCP on 1080P and 4K respectively. Wondering how much more fps will get with the M1 Pro and M1 Max.

[@philcretired5143]

@@LearnColorGrading Superb. I look forward to the results. Comparison to a high end Windows laptop would also be great. Thanks

[@OnlyVocals]

Dave, your channel fell off. I miss the T2i days

[@zentiremusic123]

422 10 bit a7siii footage with CST, Noise Reduction (spatial and temporal), filmgrain, sharpening, Masking, highlighting (film LUTs in cineon log gamma), a bit of dehaze OFX in a 4k timeline and 2 external screens connected please :) Thank you

[@jaysnappsmediallc]

This this this 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾

[@zhalberd]

I concur. As a professional colorist, the nodes listed above in Zentire’s post are part of a pretty standard node tree with actual working colorists on a daily basis. Resolve is good for editors but colorists are a huge customer base and need to see real-world use case, not just raw media playback.

[@Photonarmy]

Finally. Without explaining it technically, you've clearly demonstrated that video playback is mostly about efficiencies in the format, decoding algorithms embedded into hardware, and the optimizations in the software doing the editing... and has relatively little to do with raw computation. Trying to explain it clinically can be maddening.

[@therotorooster]

There are two things I use a lot of on 4k and 5k footage that I have to break up my workflow over, and that's Optical Flow -> Speed Warp and Temporal/Spatial Noise Reduction. This is something I'd love to see tested to see if we're more CPU or GPU bound with the now Pro and Max vs the M1, or if like the playback tests, we seem to be primarily CPU bound, where the differences between the M1 and the M1 Max is a lot less obvious.

[@ririlan2137]

same for me : Optical Flow -> Speed Warp and Temporal/Spatial Noise Reduction in real life :)

[@inspiredartphotos]

I use those same settings… it brings my IMac Pro to it’s knees.

[@MattHeere]

Will be interesting to see this type of comparison with intensive grading work (like noise reduction) and/or Fusion composition thrown in. Playback issues can largely be mitigated with display resolution or proxy media. Other aspects of Resolve can tear up a CPU with a 720p uncompressed clip.

[@chinitopinoy1726]

Neat Video is a good stress. I'm getting about 13 fps and 3.5 fps playback in FCP on 1080P and 4K respectively. Wondering how much more fps will get with the M1 Pro and M1 Max.

[@JerryLane]

Check out iJustine’s recent video on these laptops. Has a test with Noise Reduction too.

[@Zero-oq1jk]

I just want to thank you. You're most professional and straight to the core information I was looking for, every time. Just RAW, exactly what I was expecting! Not just plastic benchmarks but real deal when it comes to daily usage. Thank you very much! You'll be my first choice when I will be in need of about serious color play.

[@TheToneWork]

These are very specific tests. The playing back multiple clips at the same time is something most people will never do. I'm much more interested in how it plays with a color grade with noise compression or stabilization. Please do a test with 4k and 6k footage that uses more real-world types of work.

[@andrew_sorlie]

Multicam interviews or concert type stuff has me playing 3 or 4 tracks stacked for what it’s worth.

[@TheToneWork]

@@andrew_sorlie I do multicam interviews, but I never play them side by side like that. I guess if you stack them in the timeline instead of syncing them it would apply more. I'm just trying to figure out the hard hitting processes that I use like noise reduction and stabilization.

[@insayno]

He doesnt have real world types of work.

[@andrew_sorlie]

@@insayno work is work. If it pays your bills, it’s real world 😎

[@TheToneWork]

Not sure what is going on with his playback. Here's someone doing nine at the same time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnfCZGVurp57a5Y

[@JohnUntivero]

Is it possible to share the Fusion playback tests (07:20) project file on your website? Wanting to test it on my PC (3700x & RTX 3090) and see how it compares. If the mac beats it, I might sell it and get the new MacBook

[@elvisdorkenoo]

Honestly I don’t think it will… M1 Pro and Max are much closer to desktop rtx 2080 and mobile rtx 3070. You can think about switching only if you use Pro Res Raw cause M1 has encoder/decoder accelerator for it.

[@JohnUntivero]

​@@elvisdorkenoo ProRes encoding is one of the things I need right now that my PC can't do (cause it's Windows). Needing a Dailies rendering machine as a on-set DIT, was thinking either a MacBook Pro or a Mac Mini. Currently have a Macbook Pro 13" 2017 touchbar that renders at ~10FPS

[@elvisdorkenoo]

@@JohnUntivero if only for Final Cut Pro and ProRes the M1 series are great. Now only if you have multiple 8k ProRes streams I don’t think you need the max out 64gb ram 32gpu cores M1 Max, normally the M1 pro should get you covered. Even the M1 mac mini can be a great choice if you plan to keep your pc and not spend much money.

[@TheNationalTrails]

Was hoping you might deliver this video here on YT. Thanks.

[@philcretired5143]

Very interesting in terms of basic playback, but what about with multi-track composites, VFX (CPU and/or GPU), and heavy grades?

[@elpatriotaLX]

You will need more GPU

[@masterof]

Which version of Davinci Resolve were used in this video? Was it 17.4?

[@FlyFreeFilm]

Thank you for taking the time to test these three out, I have been contemplating an M1 or M1 Pro/X and you have helped get a much better grasp on which direction I may go =)

[@WojtriX]

That’s what I needed! I am waiting for further testing

[@여행영상-d1e]

a great reivew. I didn't know there is 8k camera. wow. but it is crazy useful to me. thank you alot

[@MakeKasprzak]

Clicked as soon as I saw this. Your coverage last year was great, and this year looks good too.

[@NateGigovic]

I did some Tests with Final Cut Pro my self. Here are the specs and here are the FCPX results when compared to my M1 Mac Mini using Sony A7s iii footage -16” M1 Max 32core, 32gb ram, 1tb vs -M1 mac mini 8gb ram Fcpx 3min project Sony a7s iii footage Mix between 4k/50- 4k/100 10 bit 4:2:2 h.265 and also dji drone footage With heaps of transitions, 3 layers of colour grading, and in sections of the video there are 3 streams of 4k-100hz stacked on top of each other for effects. *Render time m1 mini - 8:40 *Render time m1 max - 2:59 *Export time m1 mini - 1:39 *Export time m1 max - 0.42 *Playback not rendered m1 mini - not possible. 1 frame per 10 seconds and then beach ball and sometimes even crashes *Playback not rendered m1 max - 95% smooth. You can pretty much edit these very complicated project with out stopping at all to render. Which I honestly couldn’t believe. (This is maybe the most important test out of all!) *Playback rendered m1 mini - 90% yes and freezes up here and there where there are multiple lapyers of 4k-100 footage *playback rendered m1 max - perfect *flowing over the timeline with the mouse i rendered is basically not possible on the m1 mini and with the m1 mac its near perfect. It will only skip a beat over a transition. Both were tested editing from a t7 ssd via usb-c I then tested it again with all the oroject files directly on the internal ssd’s and the m1 max took of another 10-15 seconds of the render and export times. Hope that helps someone

[@ArrudaFelipe]

Thanks a LOT! Got my base model Air M1 and loving to hear I don’t need to spend more money on new models!

[@mscaldwell_dop]

Informative video, thank you! It tallies well with other reviews that convinced me just to go for the 16” M1 Pro rather than a maxed out model because I did have an M1 Mac Mini from last year that was just a little bit too slow for a lot of the Red 8K stuff I do. Plus I wanted a larger screened laptop so job done.

[@Rob-vb9md]

Hey man, I'm also working with RED 8K files all the time. I was still stuck on whether to get the 16" M1 Pro or the Max version. Do you think the M1 Pro will be good enough for your workflow with r3d raw files?

[@mscaldwell_dop]

@@Rob-vb9md Hi ya, yes absolutely, I was doing some testing on my M1 Pro MacBook against my PC desktop which is a 3900x CPU plus Radeon VII GPU. Using a finished 5min short film project shot on Red 8K, the MacBook was able to playback smooth where as the PC struggled at full 4K timeline max debayering, both are fine at half res. Export times where 5min on PC & 9min on MacBook. Obviously a more beefy desktop could wipe the floor with it but in terms of experience and use ability, the MacBook M1 Pro is completely smooth even before you use optimisations.

[@henrymohan1325]

Thank you for the great video. Quite unexpected results. Are you testing with the 17.4 version or the previous version resolve. The new version is optimised for the new pro and max models.

[@andrehugomedia]

I'm wondering the same thing. He never mentions it.

[@Mevi]

That is a relief! I bought a shrink-wrapped M1 13" MBP a month ago. I got it for a bargain price from a seller who just didn't *want it*. It even qualifies for Apple extended warranty. I'd have to pay 2x that price just for the entry level 14" M1 Pro! I mostly stick to 4K. The highest resolution I shoot is 5.3K 360, which is generally reframed first anyway. My art doesn't suffer on last year's M1 🤭, but on a long and busy timeline with lots of short clips, it chokes at full-res playback with colour correction.

[@IonutTimis]

Thank you so much for this! You said in the video if there’s any test we would like to see to put in the comments so here it goes. I would like to see a comparison between h256 long long gop and all intra (I have an Fuji xt4 camera, I don’t know how many other cameras use those formats. Excuse my igonorance) and I would also like to see some DJI drone footage. I’m asking for this as I don’t have any plants to film in 6/8/13k any time soon (due to the price of those cameras + memory prices …)

[@nicholastoo858]

Great tests, thanks. Can you look for ProRes Raw, Redcode Raw & Arriraw? That would be another great comparison.

[@aliaswave]

I bought the M1 Air a few months back. The fact that I can edit my 4k 265 out of my Fuji plus edit all the Raw photo files that my Asus gaming laptop had issues doing all while on battery and no fan is amazing.

[@rMr.big13]

Best KZbin channel out there!!! Great work !! Ty

[@chuy5683]

Thanks for the technical review. Excellent approach review!

[@Ray_Astudillo]

Great review! I’m curious how much of the 64GB ram is being used on a 4K timeline with some fusion effect grades etc.

[@dhk1]

What version of Davinci Resolve, was it 17.4?

[@Gregg0Palmer]

What version? 17.4 was just released 5 days ago bringing M1 Pro and M1 Max support. If you tested with version 17.3 or earlier I would not expect much difference.

[@0b1i0]

and now 17.4.1

[@LonzosStudios]

looks like I may have gotten a bad copy of last years model because as soon as I add an effect on any 4k clip my M1 struggles, if I add Davinci noise removal any 1080 or higher clip you can forget it. Mine been sitting gathering dust... still using my maxed out 2010 Mac Pro. My M1 does surf the web really fast so I guess it's good for something.

[@Posteriser]

This is the most helpful video i found online for me to help make a decision. Kudos, really appreciate it :)

[@musicelect]

Good tests. Thanks 👍

[@vastvisualsbyfarrfilms7227]

great video.. exactly what I was looking for

[@vahidtech]

Thank you for this video Have you tested with other formats? (ARRIRAW, REDRAW, ...)

[@andrehugomedia]

What version of Resolve are you using?

[@TaborJPhotoFilm]

Very, very interesting... I am eyeing the 16" M1 Max right now and am a Davinci user, BUT seeing your results are making me question myself... again lol.

[@MehmetKozal]

Good one. If it is doable, could you possibly add another test using h264/h265 4k video (preferably sony footage) with noise reduction, speed warp, grain etc? Since there are a ton of people working in these rez/formats. Thanks a lot. And great channel btw.

[@dseer7409]

Alot of people already did that. Go check other reviews. It had no problem whatsoever crushing all that.

[@Teluric2]

@@dseer7409 but they showed charts not real test on screen. Were that videos 6 sec or 30 min?

[@OzoneVibe]

Kinda missed a lot of what was happening around/after 15:20 ... was watching your cat behind the Pro. 🤣

[@thomasipad7719]

Best test ever! Thanks

[@hirtarchery04]

Thanks you! I just save more than 1000 bucks with this video 🙏😂

[@brett7406]

Do you have the 32 core GPU on the 16”? You mention the ram upgrade but not the GPU. I wonder if that would make any difference.

[@JoseSpenaN]

Excellent. Can you do the test on a medium color node tree? Line NR~CST~Primaries~Some masks~Grain???

[@dkhart]

C200 raw test would be highly appreciated! Thanks for the update and great video 👍🏻

[@messinamotion]

Thank you for making this comparison. Did you say which version of Davinci Resolve you used? 17.4?

[@DirkTeucher]

Awesome review, thanks for the info it was really interesting! I do have one request for the next video .... could you do some stopwatch video rendering tests to compare the m1 max pro speed vs that razer core you have please? The m1 max pro is what £2400 ? I would expect a razer core laptop with a RTX 3070 to perform slightly better and it only costs £1700 . I have a RTX 3090 now and Davinci absolutely flys on it but I am curious as to how the M1 with 32 GPU cores matches up to NVIDIA hardware.

[@jeremyharbottle3530]

I would also like to know this! I'm using a 5950X and 3080 Ti with 64GB RAM and curious to know how my setup compares to one of these systems.

[@DavidRashed]

Thank you for all of your insights. The audio on your earlier video's are much better than this one. Not sure if you're using your camera mic's. Just letting you know. Keep up the great work. dr

[@creativefluidityannarbormi278]

Great Video. I'm planning to upgrade my maxed out 2013 "trash can mac" to a M1 mac. Could you do a performance video on you "standard" workflow performance? Thanks.

[@briansotodo]

Thanks for doing this Alex Jordan!

[@majormauser]

Your courses( I'm a member). Thank you for this test.

[@WilliamAdelstein]

This video is great and actually focuses on what really weighs down the machines rather than render times. Im using the m1 air currently for film and its a lot more stable than my Intel i7 10700k with a 2060S running Windows. The constant crashing is a greater hinderance than the slight choppiness which I have only gotten so far when really loading clips with lots of colouring, masking, effects and 3D models through fusion. The M1 Crashed once in comparison to the Windows machine which had crashed multiple times and caused major headaches with one project which I had to start from scratch. The m1 Air with 16gb is really a great bang for the buck for mobile as well as stationary content creation. The only Achilles heel is the 16 GB Ram which is sometimes a bottleneck but only on more complex timelines.

[@alastairleith8612]

it's probably you worth testing all three on Apple Prores footage b/c the M1 Max has specific silicon for encoding and decoding the ProRes codec. I would expect you'd start to see major differences between MBA M1 and MBP M1 Pro/Max on this point. Also note that some apps, and Resolve may well be one of them don't use all the M1 hardware resources. I don't have a ever problem editing HD video on M1 Mac mini or MBA with 8 GB RAM if I only have PremPro open for example. However, having 100 or so browser tabs open in Safari and FireFox and a few productive apps can grind an M1 with 8 GB of shared RAM and a 4K display to a halt and lots of ~8 second freezes. Some peoples workflows may necessitate having lots of apps open at once, or they are just lazy and this will see difference I expect (the internal bus speeds on the M1 Max are 8x the M1!)

[@RedBukkit]

Please Test ProRess 4444XQ and ArriRaw // heavy grading and lookdesigner maybye and noise reduction // with a long timeline // thx

[@alvinburrell]

Maybe I missed something but can you tell me the model computer that was able to play all of this so there is a reference? This is like testing a Ford Focus and a Ferrari to see which one can reach 400mph. Im sure there are computers that can play Canon 5.9k RAW without transcode, but I don't know any.

[@guilledezoq]

A mac pro maxed out can certainly do it.

[@marcofazio1318]

Thanks for all your tests and conclusions, however I would like to point out a couple of things. First, I woudn't show the playback in fullscreen next time, would be better to see the resolve gui and the actual fps playback count on the top/left corner of the clip. In that way would be possible to see if there is any tangeble difference between all the 3 macs - for exemple, any of them couden't play 5.9K Raw 24p, but how many fps per second each of them coud reach? (between 3-4fps and 19-20fps there are 5x more playback performance) Second point. Right, video raw is out for smooth playback with all of them, and because very few people need to work with those codecs that's not a big problem. However I don't think it's pointless to test h264, h265, Prores and all the traditional codecs on the new M1 Pro and Max. I'm sure the Max would handle many more nodes adjustments before start to skip frames. Temporal noise reduction or film Grain in Resolve are very hard to process and thet never playback in real time for example with any codec. But maybe the M1 Pro or Max could do better because of the dedicated hardware encoder and decoder for Prores and h264 introduced with the new Cips. Been able to playback in real time NR and film grain even dropping down timeline resolution to 1080p would be a big big improvment over the M1 or any other laptop. And my last point is just about what I mentioned before, the new M1 Pro and Max have new hardware encoder and deconder. That's should make a very remarkable improvement in export time using prores or h264, which are the most common delivery codec today. I woud consider rendering time also a big point to differenciate the performance of the 3 models.

[@eatsimplefood]

Thanks for stopping the hype...i noticed that most reviews kind of tried to stay away from a direct comparison to the M1. Not sure if influencers are a bit influenced themselves by apple ...but good news I will upgrade my 8GB MBA to a 16GB used one. That should be plenty of power till we see the M2 chip. Thank you very much!

[@glen-draketoolworks7186]

I much prefer having as many grading functions (wheels and curves, e.g.) displayed as possible. The functions have to be stacked on a laptop. Is that true for the M1 Max (16.2") as well? Thanks for your research. You are addressing what was on my mind and many others as well I suspect. And please allow me to say, one more time, how fantastic your course is. It's my primary DR info source.

[@aldenhoot9967]

These are really interesting results, thank you so much for sharing your investigations. There's just one thing that I'm disappointed you did not include. Could you please run through some relatively taxing footage with Inter-Frame Noise Reduction applied in Resolve? As you observed, it's one thing to play to Apple silicon's strengths, it's another to see what a common real world task like NR or tracking demands in terms of memory pressure and GPU cores without dedicated CODEC support.

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

excellent comparison sir ♥️

[@saysuki]

Can you test the M1 Max vs Mac Pro? 🙏

[@stu9000]

Useful tests. I presume you're using DR 17.4. More useful to me would be to see how they play with reasonable playback optimisations on that aren't pre-rendered (cache, proxies) - and then add noise reduction and grain to sort out the men from the boys. Cheers

[@csiistandard]

What the full specs of the 14" model used in the test and the 16" model?? Pls let us know.

[@JoeMarler58]

At 27:45 in the Apple "Unleashed" event, head of Resolve development Rohit Gupta said the M1 Max could handle color correction, power windows with tracking and magic mask in real time --which implies non-cached, and not using render in place, etc. At 27:53 the Resolve screen shows 4k ProRes clips, probably 24 fps. That would be appropriate if the goal was demonstrate performance on real-time effects vs decode. In general the most computationally challenging phase is finishing, where you might be using stabilization, temporal/spatial noise reduction, magic mask, tracking, face refinement, etc. It would be interesting to see those specific effects tested on Resolve 17.4 on an M1 Max using a 4k ProRes timeline, and compared to other M1 or even x86 machines. Unleashed video where Rohit Gupta speaks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6mwYqiXn9VgY6M

[@adeeboberoi5362]

Thx for the great review, what if you have a 15 nin edit in resolve with heavy color grades, whicg model whould stand up best? Will there also be no difference?

[@silvermanphoto]

Your stress tests are so interesting! I wonder if you might add an Adobe Lightroom stress test, because even the 2020 M1 MacBook Air is still very slow at batch Lightroom tasks. Importing and adding 1:1 Previews and Smart Previews on a 50GB folder of 500 raw images (a typical pro photography task) takes 25 minutes. I'd love to know if the M1 Max caches and renders previews of large folders any faster. Since I know you're a video editor, you could use a folder of 1,000 CinemaDNG frames if you don't have massive folders of still raw photos lying around. Thanks from a grateful fan!

[@26alexxkidd]

Short answer : don't use Lightroom, not a great program for Silicon. Alternative apps are blasting fast

[@burhan7260]

Hello. First of all, thank you for your wonderful training courses. How is the fan noise when the new M1 Max is under overload? Can you give me information about this?

[@jwstrauc]

'just focus on the art.' ❤️

[@belema22]

Really interesting video. For me not being a pro, M1 MacBook is all I need and with people wanting to upgrade to the M1 Pro/Max, there will be plenty of people selling their M1s!

[@inknpaintCW]

This is a great video. I would offer one suggestion: try letting it run through (despite the stuttering of not being real time). IME the ML takes a bit to figure out what you want to do but once it does it does run smoother. I use it for animation and when I get heavily into simulations, particles and replicators, there is a kind of pause while it seems to figure out what I'm asking of it. Mileage may vary of course, but it's worth a try with all the new ML that's built in here.

[@biawa849]

Thanks for this real word test.

[@shiroyashaz]

some rendering and more fusion tests Also, would be nice to hear your thoughts on the best configuration for the prise

[@shiroyashaz]

@@thatcherfreeman so you think the base model would do the same job at prerendering in fusion?

[@GurmeetSingh-fr8uo]

Do you recommend M1 Max 16” with 32gb or 64gb ram?

[@RoyLouden]

I have M1 24" iMac. Are there Resolve settings specifically for Macs? iMacs? In settings, does 'use Mac display color profiles for viewers' need to be checked? Any other settings?

[@TheBigBlueMarble]

Would like to see similar tests using ProRes RAW.

[@rjphotography9106]

15:35 you have jaguar in the house !! 🔥

[@Lofyne]

Nice 👍 The one test you should really try is the warp speed slow motion. I don't know about the 16gb, but my 8gb M1 MacBook Pro could not handle that.

[@ccwfilm]

Hi , I realy aprecciate your advise and your tests! Thank you so much for that! Allow me the following questiion: You mention in one of your videos, where you test the new Apple M1 chips , that RAM Memory size is not so important in the M1 macs anymore... could it be that working memory size does become important again when you make longer projects then youtube clips like 60 Min Films or longer?

[@akcivan]

can i get files to test with my pc ?

[@bongkem2723]

thanks a lot, real world benchmark is what we need, not some insane theory number on other reviews !

[@ancledoidoi1102]

I have no doubt that over time companies will begin to understand the new M1 variants better and optimise for them, so performance is increased. However, as someone who cannot yet afford those pro products and has just recently purchased an M1 machine, I have to admit, I’m relieved haha

[@Nick_Lavigne]

Would be nice to get zips of these projects and files to compare

[@Bas20hz]

The new ones are optimized to use ProRes RAW.

[@ledbypassion]

Thanks a lot for this very interesting video and also all the amazing work you do with Film Simplified, it helped me a lot in my video editing. I have one question regarding the new Macs. In my usage I often use the Optical Flow Speed Warp to produce very good slow motion. However I noticed that my current M1 was struggling doing this more than my « old 16inch MBP ». Any chance that you do a test using 4K footage in H265 to see if there is any difference regarding this was of doing slow motion ?

[@renelollimuniz8246]

The M1 Pro/Max have double the CPU performance cores, double SSD speed, at least double GPU cores. For them not (seem to) be almost any better on those tests something must be off. Not sure if DaVinci only uses single core (CPU or GPU) to perform those tasks (which should get better in future versions) or if there was a significant improvement, in FPS but you didn't detect them, or something else. The Pro is literally 2x the M1. I would love to see more data on the tests.

[@ZevHoover]

see anandtech article, Max gets roughly 2x the FPS with noise reduction, and multiple nodes of blur. some GPU tasks seem to scale perfectly.

[@Teluric2]

@@ZevHoover anandtech is biased, I tried the same settings used on anandtech and got difrent results.

[@SnowMakerTV]

Nice content especially comparing each & every laptop processor. 👍🏽

[@aportraitontech5218]

Very good in-depth comparison! Thanks! For editing multiple 4K 30fps 100m, 5-10 streams on FinalCut, while having 5-10 clips open(paused, not playing until selected) in QuickTimePlayer, with 10-15 24m jpeg/raw compressed images open in Preview, would you suggest the 16"M1Pro(10-core CPU/16-core GPU/32gb memory), or one of the 16"M1Max versions 1) 10-core CPU/24-core GPU/16g or 32g memory 2) 10-core CPU/32-core GPU/16g or 32g memory? This would be my only device. Thanks, if able!

[@vividmotion66]

Thanks man! What would be your recommended settings to help performance playback?

[@timtom2902]

Hi, which version of Davincie Resolve did you use for the test? ... cause if it was version 17.4, than these results would already be the "5x times faster" thing ... but if you have been using an older version, it would mean the results would increase with v17.4 ...

[@AndreGranjo]

Have you tested or are you going to test the performance using a LUT and some NR applied?

[@ginotarabotto]

Hi, how’s the m1 performance with prores 422?

[@chuy5683]

Another interesting approach.... typically video formats used. (2k or 4k with fps) vs. RAM needed (16 or 32 or 64) vs SSD capacity needed (512gb or 1tb or 2tb)

[@willgehring6544]

was this on resolve 17.4 with the optimizations for m1 pro/max?

[@valdemarcaballero5298]

EXCELLENT VIDEO, EXCELLENTO POINT OF VIEW AND EXCELLENT ADVICE!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!

[@iskadobadsf]

I‘m still not sure whether to max out the M1 Pro chip (10 CPU / 16 GPU / 32 GB RAM) for editing up to 5.4k/30fps and 4k/120fps material plus some lightroom editing. Because these are the resolutions at the moment, however, I want my MacBook Pro to be future proof as well. My current MBP is a late-2013, and I intend to buy a MBP that lasts equally as long again. Maybe 4k/5k will soon be replaced by 8k in drones, action cams and DSLRs/mirrorless cameras. Will the base model suffice then? (I‘m a hobbyist by the way: Sony A6500, DJI Action 2, DJI Air 2s.) Thanks for the great video!

[@djmphoto]

Thanks for the comprehensive tests on these machines, especially the canon r5 test which most applies to me. Definitely put these machines in perspective and honestly made me decide not to buy the new computers. I'll stick with what I already have and continue to use optimizations and proxies to get the most out of my current computer and will hold off on upgrading until these computers are more robust. Just a reccomendation, can you please include time codes in future videos so we can easily jump to the part of the video that is most relevant to us. Thanks.

[@rudolfabelin383]

Hi Alex! Love that your cat in making a small, but though appearance. My cats, Oscar, Blackie and Scabbers says hello! Alex, one thing comes to mind about the different RAW standards. I remember reading an interview with the CEO of HP Instruments in the 90th. Journalist - Are HP for standards? HP Instruments CEO: Yes, because there are so many to choose from. ProRes RAW is not supported by Davinci. None of my cameras can shoot in any mentioned format without an external recorder. The M1 Pro and M1 Max have the same cores as the original M1. The good thing is the the CPU war is heating up even more. First AMD targeted Intel, then Apple shot a torpedo in the side of both, Vive la guerre! As always Alex, best Greetings from Sweden.

[@CarcPazu]

Yeah me too I love it. I always click like instantly when a cat show up.

[@Lecivenastroje1]

But M1 Pro 10 Core (like on 16''MBP model) will be more powerful than this M1 Pro 8 core ?

[@demetrizuev258]

Would a maxed out M1 Max version be able to handle Canon C200 4K raw footage with optimizations like half res playback?

[@Tackleqb]

This is a very very good review. I like how you didn’t spend time trying to show us the new machines playing stuff that we already know they play well with. Not sure why reviewers continue to do this. I want to see RAW!

[@mobginiusb62]

Please, can you make a video advice for the amount of memory suggested 32 vs 64 and going with 1T or 2Tb storage for the new video creators that want to step in to film making using Sony a7siii or equivalent. That's the last important decision to be made before buying a new MacBook. Thank you for your great work...

[@wvansluisveld3011]

I am not sure if you are into it bit definitely would be interested in some heavy Fusion stuff. Like a video mosaic with 25 concurrent 4K videos with a camera hovering over in 3d space. Or plotting a 360 video on a sphere and reframe the video with a camera within, as @creatorup is doing.