M3 Max 16-inch MacBook Pro (Top Spec) Comparison and First Look

[@Erdadler]

Wow! Finally someone, who presents the really interesting version and not the base of the base model! You deserve it, since you work really hard and bless us with very useful information like updates and what to expect from them and when to expect them! Great even the firmware updates for the Air Pods we otherwise wouldn’t notice at all! Hope to see more videos of this black beauty! Have a great day! 🍀🍀👍🏻

[@RichWithTech]

110 F is 43•C in English for those of you wondering

[@zollotech]

Thanks, I forgot to add the overlay to show that.

[@RichWithTech]

@@zollotech welcome bro great video btw

[@RichWithTech]

you're one of the tech channels whose quality I aspire to attain for my own

[@DJSolstice]

MURICA!

[@connorlearmonth665]

How many football fields is that?

[@AncientAviator]

Thank you so much Aaron. Very professionally done! There's a reason you have 1.35 MILLION subscribers. And I'm one of them!

[@TFVscp]

Back in my late teens and early twenties I was all for the 13” laptop size but since I work more I’m all for the 16” as its just way more efficient for me and easier on my eyes. I usually have my laptop connected to a 34” ultra wide monitor but love the larger screen on a laptop to have anything extra I need to be on that screen. I’m planning on getting the new MacBook Pro 16” m3 max as that will suit me for a very long time again. Thank you for this awesome video as this really helpful in my decision.

[@timothyandrewnielsen]

Cool story bro

[@Alirezaaghashahi76]

I am very satisfied with you. I had MacBook m2 Pro 14 inch but I want to buy 16 inch for my eyes 👀 at age 48

[@nymphinthewind]

34 inch screen sounds. great

[@Akeoni]

Looking at the 14 and 16 side by side makes me so happy I went with the 16 inch again. Loving the new space black.

[@timothyandrewnielsen]

Great comment.

[@jake5736]

I still have my M1 Macbook Air which i don’t think i ever need to upgrade from, came out in late 2020 and is still a beast! For such a thin, light mac with no fan!

[@SuperHyphyOne]

Most people don't need more than that. It's a solid general purpose computer that can handle simple creative tasks with ease. My mother uses one for her office job away from the workplace and it handles everything she throws at it.

[@rickvandyk1855]

Thanks for the comparison, however the blender section was flawed. You set preferences for metal with ray tracing on but you rendered with the CPU and not the GPU. I know this because the 3:27 on the max is way to slow. My M2 Max rendered the classroom scene on the GPU without RT at 45 seconds. Could you re-render with RT both on and off with the GPU please. I am very interested in purchasing the M3 Max for blender if it's much faster than my M2.

[@thevacdude]

I just bought an M2 13 inch MacBook Air back in June, so I'm good here. Thanks for the video, Aaron.

[@Epicgamer_Mac]

Wow Aaron, you’re the first person I’ve seen to test Cinebench R23 on the new MacBook Pros! Thank you for that. Everybody’s using Cinebench 2024 but something about R23 is so satisfying to watch when you have really fast CPUs just making the rounds filling those squares up as fast as possible. And now I have a point of comparison to my other computers which I’ve tested with R23. Anyway small thing maybe but wanted to say thanks!

[@thisaintart]

Not gonna lie, I almost expected it to not come with the charger 😂

[@BobMcBurger1]

Going for the 14" model this year. Definitely bigger than the 12" MacBook I use currently. I did consider the 16" for a while but its not only much larger but also heavier, which isn't what I particularly want.

[@Alirezaaghashahi76]

i had m2 14 and buy 16 ! the bigger screen better for my eye and work at age 48

[@TheLastMoccasin]

Yes! Would like to see how much better these are at gaming vs M2 that's in the Air.

[@DaveTadros]

Speaker test between M1 16 inch and M3 16 inch and M3 14 vs M3 16 would be nice!

[@zollotech]

I could try it, but they’re the same speakers so I wouldn’t expect a difference

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

@@zollotech The 14" M3 Pro sounds better than the 14" M2 pro despite looking identical. They must have tweaked the internals.

[@heroninja1125]

@@peetiegonzalez1845 Probably a slight tweak on the internals, maybe improved sound processing and probably some software improvements as well.

[@Justa7771]

I'm looking forward to seeing your expanded review after you use this for awhile. Thank you very much

[@kennordsfan1494]

Wow 128gb’s of ram. Interesting to see what kinda of beast this computer is. I have the MacBook Pro 14 M1 with 16gb of ram and is more thanI need but wow. Nice labtop for sure.

[@flexairz]

GB not gb huge difference

[@inuyashainu5105]

@@flexairz😂😂😂 believe it really doesn’t matter

[@danimusbar]

at 03:45 OMG the fingerprint is slowly dissapear like magic. Love this Macbook Pro 3 Max

[@happypuppyjohn]

What a machine! Enjoy it in good health and may it boost your productivity.

[@DigiDriftZone]

It would be great to see a comparison of the 14 core vs 16 core M3 Max, I can't seen to find any!

[@FaheemLDN]

6:00 iOS 14.1.1 ? 🤣love the video btw

[@AustinsMind]

Hey perhaps you should re run the benchmarks with the 16 inch plugged in? Apparently it does make a difference this time around with the gpu like windows laptops, which is kind of disappointing but yeah it might get a nice bump in speed!

[@zollotech]

Apple has said it does not make a difference whatsoever whether it’s plugged in or not. People who have tested it either way so there’s no difference.

[@AustinsMind]

@@zollotech Check out this review at the timestamp I linked, it appears that in games the FPS gets significantly better on power than battery, maybe synthetic benchmarks cant show this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmHWh3aLjK9pjLc

[@Joshuadawg03]

I want the top of the line macbook pro so bad. I 99% won't use it to its max potential, but I just want it so I have a machine capable of doing anything I plan on doing in the future.

[@Uni564-cd5zs]

same

[@sowsow6677]

Can't believe Apple launched 2 Macbook generations this years, the M2 and the M3. I preordered the M2 earlier this year and I wish there was a black color option, but guess not

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

110 Degrees and it’s still cool for the M3 Max Chip? That’s pretty insane for a powerful chip and it’s super cool to the touch compared to intel based Macs. I love ur reviews Aaron! Hope I’ll see u talking about the upcoming M3 Ultra chip soon next year

[@reidjordan6246]

Great stuff as usual Aaron! BEAST of a mbp you got there too :-)

[@jeffhale1189]

Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your day. Blessings on your day!

[@asafblasbergvideographer]

What a beautiful machine. My goodness!

[@WLaChitarra]

Can you do a video showing how many FabFilter Pro L2 at max oversampling can have running on MBP 16 M3Max?

[@OfficialSteza]

Lol

[@scottmcdonald3345]

Hi Aaron. Great review. I would appreciate a review on how the 16 inch M3 max handles gaming. Thank you.

[@zyn555]

@zollotech Great video. The space black color looks similar to the shade on the 14 Pro Max. Please may you do an unboxing of the M3 iMac.

[@derekddanderson1]

Wow that’s must be nice :-) let me know if you ever need a home for your older Mac’s I can put them to good use :-) Thanks for the videos I love the format of them

[@Lynn-zw7dr]

Listening Aaron, thank you as always. ❤😊x

[@AnonymousBoss1]

Great video!! Could you please show the internals!! I really want to see if the internals change because you have the BEST version

[@omidjesmi9244]

Hi, thank you for this insightful video. I wonder if you have done any additional comparisons m3 max with top and identical specifications using 14 and 16 inches side by side

[@omidjesmi9244]

@RichWithTech

[@HarrisonGray]

Would love to see a comparison of the M3 Max 16” with the M1 Max 16” :)

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

Heck yeah that's what I was hoping to see. As it's the M1 Max that I'm currently typing on.

[@zollotech]

I did all the same tests in the M3 Pro video I did. You can see the scores and times there with M1 Max as well.

[@ronaldwee6787]

Can you try Total War Warhammer 3 or Warhammer 2 which should be a good test for the M2 Pro or M3 Max

[@dangervu7109]

I got to say the keyboard is really bothering me on the 16 inch why is it so much spacing from where the Mac starts to where the keyboard starts 🤔🧐

[@HistoryNut-1701]

If I may ask, what do you use to clean your keyboard and keys from oily fingerprints & smudges?

[@Elfig2011]

Black power cord but a white power adapter, details Apple! Please mention also the international Celsius and not only Fahrenheit temperature, thanks!

[@AlokDutt]

I wonder the increased read and write speeds on 16 inch model is because of the m3 max chip or 8 Tb storage.. Wondering what speed would be with 4 Tb storage

[@AlokDutt]

So got my with 4 tb and disk speeds are w 7166 and r 5807. good enough for me 😀

[@presleyhove5610]

big fun from Zimbabwe

[@paulchiu]

Top spec’ed. You won Lotto!!!!!🎉

[@SoftwareManiacLSM]

I bought one (almost top of the line) Max 16. How come YOU got one so quickly? Not fair.

[@Uni564-cd5zs]

what do you use it for

[@dotapark]

Oh shoot, this video reminded me there is new Sonoma released. Thank you 😅

[@steinhans]

The Blender Test is wrong and still in CPU...you have to switch the Device to GPU in the Cycles Render Settings! And than it will be 10times faster 🙂

[@OctavioGandaraYoutube-qe9gl]

Please game with both models to see performance , thanks

[@melonie33artist23]

❤❤❤I hope I get the 128gb ram MacBook M3 max 8TB ❤❤❤❤very awesome computer ❤❤❤

[@Jessewatt]

Can it able to handle playing 8k footages at the same time ?

[@mattsellphoto]

Looks like your Blender benchmark was CPU, not GPU. On the right render properties, Device is set to CPU, not GPU. System devices make a difference when GPU is selected. For reference my $350 GPU competes it in :45 seconds. edit: second watch shows CPU on benchmark start, GPU on benchmark end. No idea what results are from.

[@himanshuchaudhary6753]

Can you compare windows maxed laptop with these same projects ??

[@Zebraunit22]

I love this channel. Was wondering if you have knowledge of what 5G Standalone is on iPhone. Noticed that it is now available on my iPhone 14 Pro Max on Verizon. There’s a new toggle to turn it on and off in addition to the normal LTE, 5G On, and 5G Auto

[@zollotech]

I leave it on auto, but it really depends on your area and if you have great 5G coverage for standalone or not. I like it to switch to LTE if 5G is not available.

[@MrAlaoui31]

Can you test twinmotion ? is a render app for architects

[@inuyashainu5105]

How can you have a 100k likes and roughly 9k views at the same time that is astonishing as the configuration of your m3 max i love that! 128gb/8tb that was awesome!

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

How fast does it boot? If your video is in a real time, then the speed is impressive.

[@zollotech]

Realtime, but typically you don't turn them off ever.

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

@@zollotech 👍

[@realpunkfruit]

i really want one but my 2019 16" is holding up just fine 😂

[@RacksYoungin]

*_Is it me or is the top of the screen a little bit curved? Looks dope btw_* 🔥

[@storiestellr]

it’s the lens distortion

[@ravikumarsharmaa]

Sir do u really buy this 💻 or this one is a review edition

[@khoanguyen62195]

Can you do M1 Max vs M3 Max please? Thanks Aaron

[@IsaacNYC212]

3:43 you see the fingerprint resistance in full effect

[@cir1662]

Is fotoshop working wel on this device?

[@methelegend1]

can you run games from the App Store like stray or residential evil 8

[@Comisionado]

Sliver or Space Black I need help?

[@Toglander]

While I appreciate Apple bringing back the SD card slot a couple years ago, it is now outdated. Most high-end cameras use CF Express Type A or B cards. Which basically means that their card slot is useless.

[@Cory69]

Would you recommend upgrading from m1 imac to m3 imac?

[@zollotech]

If there is a specific reason such as video encode or decode of pro res then sure. Or if you use logic pro or something like that. If you are using it for just email, browsing the web and watching video I dont think you would see any gains.

[@hismerecry]

How does it compare to thermals of the M2

[@editorkmanikhemmusicprod]

ADOBE PREMIERE AND AFTER EFFECTS TEST PLEASE!!!!!!

[@thorium9190]

Cinebench R23 is not optimised for Apple Silicon, Cinebench 2024 is the version to use.

[@djxcel23]

$7k for a computer, in which a new model with come out within 6 months and this mode will be half the money. Ouch. We need upgradable laptops back. This is robbery

[@zollotech]

It’ll come out in a year or so. But they should slow that down a little bit.

[@AllKinaTing]

You don't have to upgrade every year. Also a 7k laptop is for a specific target. Those who need it.....will KNOW if they need it

[@djxcel23]

@@zollotech slow way down let us enjoy them a bit

[@TheStopwatchGod]

@@djxcel23The same way a new iPhone comes out every year, now there will also be a new Mac chip family every year

[@djxcel23]

@@TheStopwatchGod facts

[@dmitrylaktionov]

It’s funny how these computers don’t need some KZbinrs but they still buy it. I mean, what kind of production Aaron have to really use the power of this machine 😂 It’s like buying a Porsche to drive like 50 km/h.

[@alback]

Exactly. It’s simply callled flexing.

[@MovieCaveDave]

Nothing beats green eyed envy…. I think Aaron’s subs and views also his work we don’t see is warranted… 🔔🔚

[@dmitrylaktionov]

@@MovieCaveDave Envy? Alright.

[@Uni564-cd5zs]

no, it's great he bought it, if not there is no review

[@Uni564-cd5zs]

@@MovieCaveDave great point

[@paulchiu]

Will you be testing a Sony A9 iii with global shutter?

[@zollotech]

Probably not. I have been considering RED, but don't think it's probably worth it.

[@Joker_vibez-d4k]

I don’t know why all these tech KZbinrs do geekbench scores nobody in the real world is going to use that show REAL WORLD USE!!

[@zollotech]

It shows the difference in processor performance in a simple way is all.

[@GarminPro]

Currently on an Intel Mac still (2018). Cant wait to get an M Series Mac, really just waiting on OS upgrade support to end. I suspect that is this year, would be surprised if Intel Macs get another Mac OS version release.

[@tuvu8394]

Im also on the 2018 model but has lost patience with it. Going with the m3 max next month lol. Won’t miss the extra heat and butterfly keyboard tbh.

[@MR_ACADEMY]

Price ???

[@alexanderfazli6600]

Awesome video,can you please do Imac m1 vs m3.Dont forget mic to turn on for the box strip.Thank you

[@billx4266]

For this one, you have to pay 8579 EURO in belgium. Thats 9184,03 USD mr zollotech, what do you think about that?

[@zollotech]

That’s typically due to import tariffs from your country as well as your current countries tax. In the United States even though it’s $7100, we still have tax on top of that price that you add once you check out. In the US tax is not included upfront. So the actual price where I live is about $7800, but it changes based on each state.

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

It's literally cheaper for you to book a flight to the US and buy it there. Just make sure you discard of or send the box home via post, and use the laptop a bit before bringing it home, so it's clearly "personal effects" and not an "import" for duty reasons. I have done this before when prices were similarly skewed between locations.

[@billx4266]

@@zollotech i just bought one, what do you do with the thin paper between the keyboard and screen? Do you throw it away or keep using it to put between your keyboard and screen when you close it? Thx.

[@shaik.shabaz]

Aron can we use iPhone Apple ID to MacBook ?? When I buy it I am from India what do you suggest??

[@zollotech]

Yes, use the same Apple ID to link all your devices

[@realarima]

bro the pricing is insane

[@MovieCaveDave]

@@ANewDawn353I hope you apply that approach to all the things you buy or don’t buy in life, cars for example do you go ‘woah $15,000 screw that’s or a sofa or even a box of chocolates for your wife or husband ? You have to remember this is first a tech channel with a lot of subscribers and views and also those is a maxed out model and the baseline with a upgrade to 16 Ram will be more than enough… 🔔 🔚

[@realarima]

@@ANewDawn353 you can buy a win desktop with a better performance with money

[@marvin_hansen]

Can you run the Xcode benchmark so we can see the performance for programming?

[@zollotech]

Any sample code? I should be running to test this?

[@marvin_hansen]

Yes, there is the XcodeBenchmark by devMEremenko that is relatively easy to run and widely recognized for comparing compiler speed of different Macs. The Readme contains a ton of reference data but so far M3 results are still missing. Thank you.

[@monolith96]

I'm interested to see how gaming on Mac develops over the next couple years. It's also be nice if Apple didn't charge so much for RAM and storage space.

[@willy7968]

How can I get that wallpaper for my M1 Pro?

[@danielgartin-oh9ik]

Nice MacBook Pro,I got a new iPhone today

[@AseshShrestha]

Please just post the results of benchmarks as graphs instead for showing their progress. You will most likely get more viewers instead of people leaving w/o watching the whole video

[@ready1player31]

Apple makes great computers. They do, essentially almost everything. Value is another discussion but anyone looking for value is not buying Mac, or at least not the latest and top spec models. 8gb of unified memory and 256gb storage is still dissapointing on the low end "pro" macbook, IMO this config really only belongs on a sub $1k macbook air, but aside from that gimp and the kind of bad value for money pricing it creates, these machines are some of the best tools. If only Gaming was better on Mac, i would ditch windows probably entirely.

[@Jacob-mq4jd]

This dude has so much money he doesn’t need to make yt for money

[@noisetin]

I've watched like 10 or 15 videos of those new Macbooks tests a not a single channel tested battery life 🔋. Same pointless tests on every single channel: Cinebench, Geekbench, disk speed test and sometimes Blender an maaaaybe export times. No real life usage tests, no low power vs high power tests, no Adobe benchmarks test, no multitasking tests, no browser speed tests, no compiling code tests, no LLM tests and I'll repeat it - no battery life tests. Copy and paste, rinse and repeat.

[@MovieCaveDave]

“Browser Speed Tests” 😂😂😂 really you wanted how quick a webpage loads…🤣

[@noisetin]

​@@MovieCaveDaveYes, exactly. For example he could conduct a test with Browserbench Speedometer v2.1

[@NaqqashLatif]

Wish someone compared it with the iPhone 14 Pro Space Black.

[@Jxstvib1ng]

I just need a scanner that’s compatible for it

[@3rdSalimo]

you can pass this on to your grand child and it can take him through university doing CS

[@elstcman5]

Great video! But tbh "Space Black" doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to be black. I think Apple knows that it'll never be able to properly anodize a black computer so it's never calling it "Black" outright. The space black name, even with iPhones and Apple Watches in the past, always seems like it's never reserved for true black but "the blackest we can get the material in question".

[@tateking.]

hows the battery life on m3 max

[@zollotech]

Great

[@tateking.]

@@zollotech could i get an estimate for normal usage?

[@mohammedfaiisal]

I wonder when macbooks will finally get apps like KZbin Netflix and Disney Plus

[@quadriderhonda]

Got your notification aaron 38 minutes ago

[@louisemacdonald9345]

I got a MacBook 2022 one

[@JEMustang]

Those temperatures for both of them seem so high.

[@zollotech]

It's not really. If you go back to an Intel Mac you could barelly put it on your lap.

[@Uni564-cd5zs]

@@zollotech still pretty poor, congrats on your new computer the 128GB of RAM is crazy

[@solomon1021]

I would hope that after spending that on a laptop it lasts a minimum of 10 years.

[@johnwmartin6218]

What’s NOT impressive is the fact that the product comes with the 140W power adapter but they do not include the USBc cable to connect it to the computer. It’s like buying a car with a super alternator and high power car battery without the cable to connect them. How the (HECK) do you get the computer charged to load the software. Geez, it cost $7199.00 maxed out and they are too cheap to include a measly

[@Txguy146]

men i wish i had a mac…. when you’ve a family you just can’t drop 4k for mac

[@farhans.b5030]

Test davinci resolve with 8k footage.

[@maurboone]

The blender test does’t sound right. I rendered classroom scene in 1 minute 37 seconds on my M1 Max.

[@CelestialMage.]

I’ll be happy if I have the MacBook Pro😔

[@tednagel]

The price is ridiculous. Apples ram fees are just a rip off. I am switching back to PC from my m1 mbp. I refuse to pay for the apple ram scam