M1 Ultra Mac Studio 3 Months Later - This Machine Shouldn't Be Possible

[@SwoonMotionography]

This guy's a really good presenter, he geeks out but he does it really naturally and comes across really professional.

[@fantasypvp]

Apple fanboys are still apple fanboys ¯⁠\⁠_⁠ʘ⁠‿⁠ʘ⁠_⁠/⁠¯ you should see how efficient the 13900k is

[@Coffeeology]

@@fantasypvp Jon didn't say ANYTHING about the hardware, YOU wanted to make it about fanboying.

[@Erin-Thor]

True, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone geek out in such a cute way, LOL! All I care about are the deets, and he did well. Queue the applause! 🎉

[@fantasypvp]

@@Coffeeology I was talking about the video not the comment

[@AriMannis]

@@fantasypvp It's not as efficient as the M1... and yes I'm a windows user.

[@yashika4k223]

This guy got something special, Not pluffing, straight into point, his channel got lot of space to grow.

[@agentleman7469]

Agreed, just subscribed.

[@KyleConnect]

This is the first time viewing one of your (his) videos and WOW was this fantastic. Less than 8 min to get all that info in, great transitions, audio is fantastic, and the dialog was silky as well. Marvelously done! Maybe the fastest sub I've ever given.

[@genxtechguy]

As powerful as it is .. I think there’s still plenty of room for software to be optimized for even more speed, power, and efficiency.

[@jmkhenka]

My main gripe, as a user that has a mac at work but windows for everything else, is that OSX feels slow. But its mostly due to how the OS is made.

[@genxtechguy]

@@jmkhenka I definitely have the opposite experience. I work with Windows 10 all day at work. It feels archaic and slow compared to jumping over to macOS on my iMac Pro.

[@jmkhenka]

@@genxtechguy that's because macOS, like iOS, hides stuff behind unnecessary animations... All operations feels slower, saving files, open/close apps, copy files...

[@HonestObserver]

From what I hear, a lot of games play poorly on Apple Silicon via Parallels because they're simply not optimized for the new architecture.

[@Tunnelsnakes]

@@HonestObserver Yes, that’s because it’s literally emulating through layers and have to translate from one architecture to another. It’s expected unless the code is native.

[@zachtaylor8082]

I love it so much!!! I forget it even exists. It's so tiny and quiet, but it does everything so fast/flawlessly.

[@josefrogoschewsky6458]

I very seldomly subscribe to somebody after just watching one of their videos, but you have such a wonderfully elegant editing style, truly a wonderful video. Looking forwards to exploring your channel more!

[@Glen.Danielsen]

_Elegant_ really is the word that describes ZY’s videos. Cheers! 💛🙏🏽

[@RedLeo-pf9yo]

That’s exactly what I said right now , and I subscribed also.

[@diystompbox]

I set up one of these for some professional video editors and when they used it, they sounded just like the original keynote users. This machines rocks!

[@berndkiltz]

Have that Ultra, just didnt upgrade the graphics. It is a beast. No more thinkin "is my computer fast enought" - just pure joy working with it. THAT is a game changer.

[@ed61730]

What really impresses me about the m1 as a video editor is how it decodes and makes great use of pro res files. it has made my workflows and renders so much faster. Especially in after effects

[@scottharris7222]

You are excellent at your craft. Clear, succinct and on point! Tight stylish, editing combined with a compelling spoken voice made me a subscriber. Wonderful.

[@prebenjaeger]

suck what?

[@asdf51501]

The power efficiency is one of the reasons why I bought mine. It’s not my most powerful PC by most metrics (also have a 3970x/3090 machine and a 5950x/3090 PC), but my Mac Studio is the one I tend to leave on all day. Yes, I’m beyond overkill with an M1 Ultra with all the cores and 128GB/2TB of RAM and storage, but it’s all good.

[@f150terp]

I still love my excellent M1 Max Mac Studio for us the general public.

[@claytonberg721]

Not gonna lie. I only clicked on this because I wanted to see a kitty sitting on a mac studio. I wasn't disappointed. I love my Max Studio.

[@mdouglaswray]

Good presentation. Well-spoken and clear! Good transitions and graphics. Thanks for the insight.

[@Merjia]

What I love about the tech beind the creation of the M1 Ultra chip is that you can see the path where Apple is going with it, if it works so well at this small scale, then it should be very straightforward to scale it up to a Mac Pro sized, where you could have whole clusters of these combined chips working in parallel.

[@DIM_Tech]

Great piece of content! The editing on classical music is on point! Well done 🤌

[@aysbg]

I decided to get the M1 Max model and for the difference in money, I replaced my old MBP16 with new M1 Pro MBP14. I am pretty happy with the outcome.

[@LeicaM11]

Why still using a laptop at home? Or do you carry it around every day?

[@CameoLux]

@@LeicaM11 Just answering as someone who owns a laptop but doesn’t "need" it, the portability around the house and stuff can be pretty unbeatable if you’re the type to do such.

[@aysbg]

​@@LeicaM11 Its not entirely needed but it comes handy when we go on trips and I have to work. I bought, couple of years ago, a portable external monitor so I just hook it up and have pretty ok work setup on the go. I contemplated getting M1 Max MBP 16 initially but the price is very steep and basically I paid 850euros more to have 2 computers. I still think its a good deal.

[@skymakai]

Thanks for doing some real world, intensive tests using noise reduction and transcoding. Way more useful than just showing basic editing.

[@JettingChen]

The music at each new chapter is nice! Very classy!

[@daftstuff6406]

thanks Zy. I appreciate your professional reviews. Wishing you even greater success than you already have achieved with your channel.

[@mattgray9297]

Gorgeous work in this video! I have the Ultra, 48, 64 and it has revolutionized my workflow. It just removes all obstacles and let’s me create. Best professional investment I’ve ever made.

[@misterdeity]

Some of the best b-roll visuals - and visuals over all I’ve seen on KZbin. Count me a new sub.

[@Laissez_Faire]

I got the MacBook Pro decked out with the Max and I’m extremely impressed of how I’m able to do work while on “Battery” and it’s faster than my old setup plugged into wall outlet 🤯

[@dunerider88]

phenomenal info, edit, and music! Thank you for putting this video together and quickly rendering it.

[@noenken]

The efficiency comes from all the hard stuff being done in silicon instead of in software running on general purpose silicon. It's not that surprising if you think about how phones are able to play video all day long off of a tiny battery.

[@2424rocket]

I also have the almost maxed out Mac studio ultra with 128 gigs of RAM and it is astonishing. For editing I mostly use Resolve and I’m absolutely in love with this computer. I have had resolve, premiere pro, after affects and logic pro all open at the same time and the computer doesn’t even hiccup. Loved your video, first time somebody actually spoke the truth about how good the ultra is. I also have a cat but he’s not allowed to get near that computer. He can go anywhere else. Although you didn’t mention it, I also have the Mac Studio monitor and the color accuracy and the sharpness is a perfect match to the computer.

[@2424rocket]

@@todor_todorov Anytime you wanna match your PC against my Mac - lets do it. And if you drive over to my place, be carefully that your crappy plastic computer doesn't melt.

[@mercyveritas1125]

@@2424rocket What a joke of a machine, all that 128gb ram sitting here for nothing. Any of my 3090s would destroy any mac all day everyday lmao

[@daniebello]

what I want to really see is a 32-Core GPU M1 Max versus a 64-Core GPU M1 Ultra both with 64GB RAM and both hardware SSD slots being used, ensuring max read/write. (doesn’t really matter what storage size so long as both slots are filled but for my personal happiness and to remove all doubt i’d like for them to be the same) THIS would be the fairest and most scientific comparison of the raw power difference between the M1 Max & the M1 Ultra and I don’t think i’ve seen anyone on youtube do it

[@exxzxxe]

Great presentation Mr. Cheng!

[@kilohertz9456]

It needs all the power if you max out all six thunderbolt channels at the same time. Remember Thunder bold specifications require the thunderbolt channel to supply power to the connected devices unless the device has its own supply. My Sabrent dual NVMe M2 Raid controller has its own 48 watt power brick. How ever many thunder bolt devices need power from the thunder bolt connection. Remember many thunderbolt devices can stack other thunderbolt devices so this power could easily reach 200 watts if all six channels were active with stacked devices at the same time.

[@TyFeague]

This was eye opening. The studio I work for has us set up on a 2020 iMac, a Mac Studio with M1 Max, and a 2017 iMac Pro. I'm the new guy in the office and get to work with the 2020 iMac that has a 10-core i9, Radeon Pro 5700 XT and 64GB RAM. I can barely get Premiere to play nicely with a 4k file from a Canon C300 mark III. It's constantly dropping frames and render times for 10 minute videos are upwards of 15 minutes. Meanwhile, if I move over to my personal M1 MacBook Air, I can render in half the time. I can't imagine working on a the Mac Studio. I'd have so much more time to work on my projects!

[@TravisRichey]

This is the first video I’ve ever seen of yours, and I just have to say, you are delightful to watch and listen to. Your voice and accent are alluring and your energy is infectious. Definitely going to be looking for more 😉 ~Trav

[@XTJ7]

Love mine, hardly breaking a sweat. I have to compile hard on all cores and use the GPU to get it anywhere near 60 degrees. And as soon as the load is gone, it drops right back into the low 40s. It feels like I can throw pretty much anything at it. The only issue I had was with the USB A ports. I have a ton of USB devices with hubs behind hubs, KVM switch etc. - and it would actually make it crash repeatedly. When I connected it to a USB-C hub instead, everything worked just fine. The older Mac Pro had no issues with the same setup, so I suspect Apple's USB A drivers may be a little sensitive? Maybe I just got unlucky with my model. In any case, using USB-C made it work perfectly fine. Everything else about this thing is brilliant. It is compact, uses little energy, is extremely powerful yet always quiet.

[@iamwisdomsky]

USB-A is not really good to be used for Docks/Hubs. Only go for USB-C(USB4) or Thunderbolt 3+ hubs/docks as they can handle almost everything you plug-into it with its 40GBps bandwidth.

[@jennifermedia6288]

Thank you . I really enjoyed this.your imagery is beautiful and very informative. I have the ultra and it’s incredible, but couldn’t put together a video as good as this.

[@malvinmudenda2792]

Great video. Enjoy it from start to finish. Thanks for sharing

[@DemarcoElliot]

Keep making videos - they’re incredible 🎉

[@Muhammed.Yaseen]

Why on earth haven't I seen your videos before?! You're so nice! Subbed!!!!!

[@FILMMKRS]

You’re amazing man! Keep it up!

[@frmcf]

This got me thinking back to the days of editing video on a Power Mac G5.

[@homemade_vancity]

I was very excited when the M1 Ultra was released in the Studio. I'm not an early adopter by any means and although I saw the shear possibilities of this design, I wanted to see what was next. Apple ushered in the M2 chipsets this spring and that got me interested. I'm still holding out because I see a Spring 2023 Studio with what could very well be an M2 Ultra -OR- 'Extreme'. I can see Apple putting out a 4-die M2, and if you look at the specs of the maxxed out Ultra, there exists the possibility of the M2 'Extreme' with 40-core CPU, 128-core GPU, 64-core Neural Engine. As a person that was not just working in Davinci Resolve video but also dabbling with Houdini, Unreal, Blender etc on a Mac, the "possibility" of an M2 'Extreme' is a tantalizing prospect for content producers in both the film & VFX world. A chip like that would make it possible to work in a Mac environment and still run complex particle and fluid simulations in realtime, or build a virtual production workstation with a footprint of a lunch box and a power draw of a stereo system .. and THAT is bloody exciting ;) Love this video by the way.

[@naomi_mori_music]

I have a feeling that the M2 'Extreme' you mention is gonna come in the form of a Mac Pro replacement, which is still the elephant in the room in terms of replacing Intel chips in the Mac lineup. And yes, it's undeniable that they will have to push further than the M1 Ultra (further than a possible M2 Ultra even) to attain the performances a Mac Pro can be expected to attain. It had been such a long time since I got THAT excited for a CPU release, I love this new era!

[@homemade_vancity]

@@naomi_mori_music I see a huge opportunity here for Apple to develop a serious Mx* chip for serious work. My wish is for Apple to put out a Mac Pro with the 4-die "Mx Extreme" chipset and the ability to configure it for the intensive workflows at game devs, animation studios, VFX houses or virtual production stages with whatever GPUs, or bridge peripherals they need. Then also put that same "Mx Extreme" chipset in an off-the-shelf Apple Studio box that the work-from-home freelancer can afford but still meet their pro needs. Maybe it looks like an M2 Extreme for Mac Pro and M1 Extreme for Apple Studio, but you get the idea. In doing something like that, Apple would cater to both markets AND both price tiers without blurring the lines like they did with the recent MacBook Pro/MacBook Air M2 release. With a Pro & Studio release they would define the line between Professional and Freelance grade builds without compromising performance requirements for either market user. That's just my $0.02 as a person who wants Pro performance but doesn't have the $50K budget for a Mac Pro.

[@TheAlba321]

This video is so enjoyable. Love your work 😊

[@hut640]

It's total overkill, I love mine!

[@thedrivebygg]

Well put together video, your a natural

[@trevorjmello.]

To be honest, I don't even care about the Mac Studio right now, but had to leave a like based off your production value & professional aesthetic.

[@trogdor]

I didn't even open the box to the ultra that I pre-ordered in the Spring. I returned it when I saw the lack of software optimization. But I did pick up a base MAX with 2TB and I love having a clean desk setup.

[@TheNameOfJesus]

The software that I run seems to be bound, not by the CPU or GPU, but by the Neural Engine (NE.) But I'm not aware of anyone who has done a performance test of the NE on any Mac. In fact, I'm not aware of anyone who has created a utility to measure the load on the NE. Even Apple's macOS doesn't seem to have an option for measuring this (eg, in the ps command.) Do you have any experience with measuring the NE? If it's improved from the M1, I'd most likely buy a new Mac.

[@martinpauly]

Nice video - helpful information presented in a compact, easy to digest format. May I ask: what is the noise reduction software you used in the benchmark for this video? Thanks, Martin

[@davidsmarttmusic3744]

Great review 🔥

[@appar1tixn]

would be very nice if it would be just as amazing in 3d rendering, which is unfortunately not the case, it lags behind 3080 by a mile... the only one where it is somewhat decent is redshift, but even there difference is quite huge, like almost twice. for the card which cost 1500, well, make it pc 2500$ total, stil... ultra is a bit too much for not delivering performance even close to it

[@jcs184]

A really cool video production! Loved it

[@shshankking]

I have 14in mcbook pro m1 max. And I love it. Especially for Blender Renders on the go. I wanted to see tests other than video editing but most of these comparisons are video edits only.

[@debopoporhypersaiyanidc6718]

Wow, these was a fantastic video🎉

[@AstonsVintageTechnologyWorkshp]

A very professional presentation. Thank you.

[@chrisrasmussen3822]

This is wow. I looking at one right now. I need a new Mac.

[@PopoRamos]

I Love my Mac studio Ultra, it handles everything i throw at it like a champ! with the exception of 3D rendering, where my old PC rig (With a 3090ti hehehe) Blows it out of the water. So i just use both at their strengths :)

[@PopoRamos]

@Brandon W For Sure! Im planning on doing a new PC build and the 4090 will deff be in there.

[@robertl.4675]

Excellent review, extremely well-presented facts and comments and amazingly high-quality video images. Thanks for sharing.

[@shootermcgavin4999]

Love your videography man.

[@jenkinomusic]

Awesome filmmaking, cozy music! love your videos!

[@frankwc0o]

The bigger question, how does it play with Adobe. All Mac software has been adjusted for these processors.

[@Wraith-Kryptos]

Amazing video, production quality is great, keep it on .but you already had me at cat 🐱

[@mvp_kryptonite]

And Apple still has the market drooling over the Mac Pro. Great video!

[@garyoga]

This is a super powerful computer. Its power is editing video super fast.

[@Tommo992]

The 370w power consumption will be factoring in power delivery over USB-C. Eg multiple monitors.

[@imexploration]

Great video! Beautifully made

[@907FreedomFighter]

Dude. I love your editing techniques and the video. You, sir, have gained a new sub!

[@paolopetrozzi2213]

Very good presentation. Thanks.

[@DoObs]

Been using the M1 Pro Macbook 16gig/1TB variant. Pretty happy with it as a high end mobile device. It does get toasty when doing Premiere exports of up to around 70 degrees but with running MacFan I can push it down to just under 65 degrees

[@creator1a66]

Which mac studio when you work with multicam 3 Streams with 6k braw and projects up to 30 minutes? I use Premiere pro and Aftereffects

[@samtheman_tv]

Love the video and the style!

[@SamRiesgo]

Dudeee, great video!

[@techydude]

The PSU is capable of 370 Watts because of the power able to be delivered out all the Thunderbolt/USB-C connectors, on top of actual system internals consumption.

[@Lord_Mangoat]

I've got the M1 Max Mac Studio with 64 GB RAM. Don't do anything to intensive with it. At most I sometimes have 4-5 Twitch streams open at a time, which I wouldn't call intensive, but others seem to disagree. I know 4-5 is a lot, but I mod in a few that happen to be live at the same time. Anyway, I have a question for my fellow M1 Mac Studio users. If you are a Twitch user, watching on Safari, if you watch a stream for maybe 1+ hours and the stream ends/raids/hosts another channel, does Safari give you a beach ball for a few seconds? Even causing all other Twitch streams or YT videos to "pause" during the beach ball issue.

[@paylnyles]

Amazing video well-presented x.

[@apostolostzikas3795]

Excellent video. BTW could you give me the details of your video editing console?

[@RareSense]

Fantastic video one of the best I have seen on the Mac Studio - well done and thank you.

[@Circadianic]

This bloke is brilliant! and if I understood a bleeding word he’s going on about I would surely be blown away!

[@TrevorGay]

It’s fantastic working with its own “native” FCP, but how fast is it with Premiere?

[@jo0ls]

Well done Arm.

[@chrisshelswell3222]

I’ve found the same with just the M1 Pro MacBook. For music production, I’m yet to push it to its limit. So much so I’ve been able to sell my windows tower and move to a laptop only solution which is amazing! Oh and getting the temps higher than 65 deg C is nearly impossible in an ambient temperature of about 23 deg C

[@freyafoxmusic]

I finally pushed mine on ableton with like 15 sereum synths running lol 😂

[@DecibelAlex]

@@freyafoxmusic my 5 year old i7 machine can run 15 instances of serum without breaking a sweat

[@johnathankrausrig9237]

I think its funny that the hottest Part on the thermal camera is the plug

[@Coffeeology]

ZY Chang's delivery reminds me of James Hoffman with coffee.

[@AffinityPhoto]

You also seeing 150MB/sec 4k random reads? I have the 2TB ultra 48-core. I’m using all of the ports for 48TB external storage.

[@michaellatta]

I imagine you were not actually maxing out the GPU, but we’re using the dedicated video decoders for the pro res test. Max power draw would be the 18 streams while also doing a GPU benchmark.

[@godsinbox]

Studio m1 max is what the original m1 should have been. Option to have enough memory for actual adobe multitasking without burning the ssd. Entirely too expensive though. Much too expensive. Did I mention, it was expensive for an Apple.

[@GlitterGuru]

My guess is they’re future proofing for AR developers, for whenever Apple’s headset comes out

[@bobstacy4]

Wow. What a great video. Thanks

[@MrNoidZ]

I have been hating and loving macs during my life. But since I bought the M1 MAX MacBook Pro with 64GB last year I'm never going back. It gives me total freedom as a content creator. Normally I practically break a laptop within 2 years because of how much I ask from it. The M1 MAX is very hard to push to it's limits. And if it does, it's mostly because of After Effects being open and rendering at the same time.

[@KristianDowling]

Like just for the thumbnail alone 👌🏼

[@GurpreetSingh-ij7fg]

I need a computer between the 21 inch iMac and Mac Studio. A 32 Inch IMAC for semi pro users.

[@TheMetalMag]

thx for this great review

[@stevensonrf]

Awesome video, awesome voice! :-)

[@chrislai6691]

so you are one of those few people who actually have a use for this beast

[@igis92PL]

I would love another 3D artist's perspective but getting M1 Max Macbook transformed my workflow and the quality of output just through sheer speed increase of what I am able to produce and learn along the way. Sure, the software is an issue and Maxon definitely broke it few months ago making C4D unusable. Beyond that, definitely the best investment I made that turned me from an enthusiast to someone who lives comfortably out of doing something I love. It's awe inspiring the jump from touch bar intel mess to new M1 lineup.

[@anyadatzaklatszjutub]

dude what's the audio thing on the left??? looks sick!

[@ZacBarnesMusic]

great video!

[@n2kos]

whats it like for photo editing? big tiffs?

[@Mopsie]

Logic gets still overloaded regularly on my m1 ultra

[@bjojosimpson]

Subscribed!

[@albertelazar4069]

What Apple really needs to do to increase Mac Studio sales, is they need to release two different CPU versions for the consumer, one that's has a Intel based (Windows Bootcamp friendly) chip, and one with current M1 chip. So, that the consumer has the option to get a more gaming friendly Bootcamp (Intel chip) and a graphic application type M1 silicon as well.

Well done!🎉

[@nicholasthompson8347]

What's on the left hand side of the desk at 2:10? (silver)