M2 Pro Mac mini vs M1 Max Mac Studio: We Didn't Expect THIS..

The brand new M2 Pro Mac mini is FASTER than we ever expected.. No, seriously! It's INSANE!
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M2 Pro Mac mini vs Mac Studio - 00:00
Design Differences - 0:27
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Full Specs, Prices & SSD Test - 2:36
Geekbench 5 CPU Test - 3:01
Graphics Benchmarks - 3:25
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Fan Noise & Temperatures - 4:55
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Xcode programming - 7:50
Logic Pro Music Production - 8:23
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Video Editing Performance - 12:02
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[@j.patricklangley304]

The Mac mini is impressive, most impressive

[@jimgutierrez9779]

I really want a m2pro Mac mini

[@jimgutierrez9779]

I want a m2pro Mac mini!!!

[@Sssssiiiiikkkkk]

Your comparison tests are unmatched. The level of detail and ability to find things that others have not... Amazing

[@Harsh-xo9jr]

Always loved your side by side comparisons and how much detail you put into them. Never seen any other KZbin channel go into so much depth.

[@simonogden8820]

The info you guys put out especially about the SSD situation is so helpful and I'm sure will help many people to avoid getting the wrong machine for them, thanks!

[@indigocotton4187]

I just couldn’t wait for the mini pro anymore so went with the Studio. Killer machine no regrets.

[@ghost-user559]

Which model did you go for?

[@PolluxChung]

Did the same in last April and no regrets either.

[@ghost-user559]

@@PolluxChung base or Ultra?

[@danielguimaraes5413]

And you’re gonna have a very powerful computer for years, I’d have no regrets either

[@tenparkdrive]

Same for me, came from a pro background got an Ultra and couldn’t be happier

[@slash196]

I REALLY appreciate you running music production benchmarks. It's a key use case for Macs specifically but very few reviewers test audio at all, and when they do it's some sort of encoding test as opposed to DAW performance which is what actually, you know, matters.

[@jacoboblandonpineda]

I must say, you cover a lot of bases that many standard reviewers (on here, at least) leave aside or only address briefly. Your coverage is very throrough and the effort placed is immediately noticeable and appreciated. It gives us who may be interested lots more to consider and be able to make an informed choice. Thank you for all the time you invest into this!!

[@yasintatlici]

Always loved your side by side comparisons and how much detail you put into them.

[@gauhausdesign]

I'd love to see you guys also test ambient noise with the fans for these products. One of the big selling points is how quiet they are while they/you work. So, testing the ambient decibels while Idle, medium load, heavy, and forced max would be great to compare - especially for those who do audio recording, or simply like a quiet workspace.

[@MarkBurgingerQubitsToy]

I really have never heard any noise from my M1 Mini.

[@gauhausdesign]

@@MarkBurgingerQubitsToyMost mini's are super silent I've noticed (I've got 2 older models). The M2's are given more power and heat compared to the M1 Mini from what I've seen, so they "may" require higher fan speeds. I've seen from some reviews that the M1 Studio has some noise, so that's what I'm wondering about. But it's a good metric to cover so there isn't any guesses or surprise after purchase.

[@MarkBurgingerQubitsToy]

@@gauhausdesign you are right, I didn’t realize the fan speed-up.

[@jamfin6644]

I have a blow dryer of a windows desktop at home with a 4090 and undervolted 7950x. It's white noise to me at this point, I just want to make sure the device is properly cooled. That said, I'm going for the most cost effective solution and the M2 mini takes the cake.

[@RyanHryciuk]

Thank you for all the killer comparisons and all the hard work! Love how you guys jump right to it the second they are released! You guys are the best!

[@Hannan_]

Great content! Really like your in-depth testing and thoughts throughout this entire series. Really enjoying them.

[@kevinschneeberger8435]

Thank you very much for that informative comparison. I really appreciate that you also tested audio production, since not a lot of tech channels do that. Keep up the good work 🙂

[@sandystrom7569]

The transition to apple silicon has been an absolute game changers for these machines and results do show in the benchmarks and everyday tasks. Hearing all this just makes me wish to able to try one of these machines one day. Anyways are like always the most detailed, at the same time very fun.

[@MarkBurgingerQubitsToy]

It's the best, amazing how it boots in just seconds.

[@maxdiaz7609]

This is the comparison I’ve been waiting for and it didn’t disappoint. Actually, it surpassed what I expected. Great work guys! Hoping to get my hands on a M2 Pro Mac Mini!

[@dianacovaciu5589]

Amazing video! I especially loved the analytical insights, benchmark testing, and in-depth comparisons for both machines since I am in the process of making a decision for my upcoming Mac purchase. Thank you for the video👌

[@rj7257]

Loved this deep dive between these high-powered compact desktops. Even though I envision my next computer purchase to be a laptop, this value proposition is really tempting!

[@MelvsAmores]

Now this is the comparison that I've been waiting for. The Mac Mini showed a really good performance in some key areas like Lightroom, XCode and Blender. This Mac Mini is surely worth buying! Thanks Maxtech for the comparo!

[@elthinkingcap]

The performance on these machines is pretty damn amazing and the fact the the mini can keep up or beat out the studio is impressive. Cant wait for next iteration of the Studio and what they pull off with that machine. Awesome vid!

[@och7550]

Cant wait for the upcoming machines in the future😊

[@chrisvandermeulen4579]

Awesome to see the actual performance shown in a simple form. Keep it up! Love the show

[@RyanProsser0]

I love all the videos covering M1 and M2 Mac products. Your comparisons and commentary is first class. Thank you

[@damiandurca2229]

I wouldn't have thought these machines to be so closely matched, but i think the thermals on the Mac studio makes this machine more reliable on the long run. That 100°C is quite scary. Thats how a friends macbook died while rendering.

[@optiontradingwithfundguruj]

Yes, my laptop also,

[@matthconphoto]

It's amazing to see the little mac mini holding up so well against the mac studio. For me as a photographer and lightroom and photoshop user, I'm wondering how fast AI tasks like denoise or AI-masking are. Thanks again for your video!

[@ghost-user559]

Probably better on the Studio, but still excellent on the Mini Pro

[@pavelivanov864]

Great content! I've been enjoying your testing and thoughts throughout this entire series.

[@melovated]

This is extremely helpful! This channel has helped me make so many decisions for myself and for my loved ones, can’t thank you enough for the in depth reviews and comparisons!

[@OksanaYermolova]

I agree that the performance of these machines is seriously impressive, and the fact that the Mac Mini can match or exceed the Mac Studio is astounding. This video was great! It never ceases to amaze me how much Apple sometimes fails to give us in terms of information to increase their sales. I really appreciate your comprehensive analysis and benchmark testing, as well as the real-world comparisons of these two products. It has helped me to make an informed decision about my upcoming purchase. Thanks guys

[@m89hu]

Very interesting changes, It's good to see the mini getting pro performance. The thing I don't get is why they let the cores to get so hot before the fans start.

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I like the professional and easy to follow order of your videos. More detailed and in-depth than others, in my opinion.

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I appreciate your work for the videos, in my opinion the best and most interesting comparison videos on KZbin. For example, no one else makes such good speaker comparisons for laptops!

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I’m honestly so thankful for this channel, these guys did every possible comparison for all kind of buying situations. really impressive

[@katseverino1085]

agree. I made my buying decisions based on their comparison reviews of M1 vs M2

[@pinoygauta]

Amen.

[@vik_adrikov]

Amazing breakdown of how the Mac mini and the Mac Studio compare. Just goes to show the power of M2 Pro Chip. Great video!

[@WalrusRiderEntertainment]

You are my goto for in depth real world tests. Nice work.

[@matteolulli2654]

Hey guys, thank you very much for all the tests! I shall try to cluster these new macs and these info are very useful for deciding the way to go :)

[@sfperalta]

Be careful about those predictions: Apple released the Mac Studio M2 Max at WWDC just a few weeks ago. The Mini would require $700 in upgrades just to get to rough parity with the baseline Studio, which would still have 11 more GPU cores than the upgraded Mini. I'm guessing those benchmark results come out a little different now, with the Studio being the more powerful CPU/GPU combination overall. It would be fun to see those same tests again with the M2 Pro vs M2 Max configurations.

[@pkennethv]

This is looking promising for the M2 Max / Ultra Mac Studio! Hopefully this increased memory performance means we will see better performance scaling with the higher end chips.

[@joelambert7277]

Interesting comparison between each of the machines! Always enjoy yalls videos

[@Fuse_Craft_Creations]

I've been trying to decide between the two, thanks this was very helpful.

[@arpankar6609]

Design wise I'll certainly prefer Mac studio but I'm completely blown away by the performance of Mac mini M2, it's just awesome!!

[@savedfaves]

M2 Pro

[@Markste-in]

I would love to see some multiday stress tests... like 3 days or a week and see how stable the system is

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These various and detailed tests are amazing, hope to view more videos like this.

[@robertd333]

You've nailed your presentation flow for your product review video. Really great format!

[@darkythedragon]

The new mac mini is really impressive. And the 100$ price cut compared to the last year is really appealing. Such tiny machine capable to do pretty much anything you could wish of

[@RaniRani-zt2tr]

FOR CODING CAN I GET THE M1 MAC MINI WITH 8gb RAM

[@Subzeeroz]

Wow, the Mac Mini performed a lot better than I was expecting! Thanks for all your effort in testing so many aspects of these machines :)

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👍

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Always so packed full of info! Good job!

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Incredible review thank you. I’ve been wanting to know more about these.

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These notifications is goated🎉

[@MVWDave]

This was one of the comparisons I was really waiting for. The results are a little mixed between the 2. Makes it a tough choice for me, since my requirements veer into different categories. Thanks for the video.

[@Mario_Pintaric]

As soon as you opt for 32GB of memory on the Mini, you should move yourself up to the base model M1 Max Studio, but make sure you get the 1TB version since the SSD performance is significantly better. I have both the loaded Mini M2 Pro and M1 Max Studio. Overall, the Studio is a better buy once you push up the price of the Mini. One thing that doesn't get enough emphasis is the benefit of moving up to 1TB of SSD on both the Mini and Studio, given the magnitude of the speed improvement. Because the Studio has 2 audio/video encoder/decoder engines, it will always beat out the Mini on large audio/video projects resulting in accumulated wait times that you'll notice over time if you go with the Mini. The smaller weight and size of the Mini may be an important consideration for some scenarios. That's why I have both, the Mini for remote settings and the Studio for the Studio.

[@bjvink0130]

i would just wait for the m2 ultra/max studio

[@MVWDave]

@@Mario_Pintaric That's really helpful. Thank you.

[@MVWDave]

@@bjvink0130 I would love to. Unfortunately, I need to upgrade soon. I'm working on an old MacBook and coming up against its limits constantly.

[@bjvink0130]

@@MVWDave if you're on an old macbook chances are that the base model m2 mac mini is plenty

[@dwarren1749]

You've answered just about everything I was wondering. Great channel.

[@andreismoler]

Congrats Max Tech! You guys are killing it with the channel!

[@EricRemigino]

Wow! the M2 Pro Mini is looking like a much more attractive buy than the Max Studio for me! I also love the small form factor design of the mini. I can slip it in my backpack so easily when i'm on the go!

[@AnalWrecker]

@@Alperic27 crazy... what mamkes you think nether is good?

[@AnalWrecker]

@@Alperic27 may i ask what you do that u need more power, or something else these machines cant do?

[@0x1EGEN]

@@Alperic27 You still haven't elaborated what exactly makes it suck. You basically just repeated your sentence like how Jordan Schlansky would when trying to explain why his job is essential to Conan. (It's a great comedy skit btw)

[@0x1EGEN]

@@Alperic27 ??? If you don't care then why did you even reply to the OP about your opinions? You went out of your way to focus the attention to yourself. But when I ask you to elaborate you expect me to just "use my brain and make it work"... Am I suppose to read your mind or something?

[@0x1EGEN]

@@Alperic27 If you didn't want people to engage with you on this conversation.. why did you comment? You clearly wanted to express your opinions as if it mattered and I'm treating as if it did. All I asked was you to elaborate why you thought the product sucks but now you're just trying to repel me away lol.

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Best of luck for all Giveaway participants

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These videos are extremely helpful when deciding which to get. Keep up the great work!!

[@youlupukki]

Mac Studio blew my mind when released. Perfect design. Waiting for m3ultramax with 3nm version of it.

[@ghost-user559]

Did you get a Studio already?

[@youlupukki]

@Ghost-User no got mbp16m1pro instead

[@ghost-user559]

@@youlupukki Oh nice, did you go for any upgrades?

[@youlupukki]

@Ghost-User honestly it's doing all I need and it's the first notebook I don't care is it there any better on a market.

[@ghost-user559]

@@youlupukki Yeah I agree, m1 is so powerful it’s more than enough. I’m still using an intel MacBook Pro, so these new ones are so much better than what I have now.

[@Jayling]

You've answered my question about upgrading to a 1tb ssd - the speeds aren't hampered like they are with the 512gb. Thanks again for all these comparison videos, they're so helpful for us. )

[@derwako]

I would guess it's more or less with the basic m2 models, I thougt it's enough to Upgrade to 512gb, but now I think it might be better to take 1tb to get the faster ssd speeds

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Thank you, I love your in-depth reviews !

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Thanks.. this review is what i have been waiting..

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I would love to see the M2 Max vs the M1 Ultra. I love your super detailed comparisons, keep it going!

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M1 MacBook air is still value for money for must of the people like me

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Thanks for the detailed comparison! This is EXACTLY the info I wanted :D

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Impressive details. Thanks for your reviews!

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Thank you for the amount of info you help us with. Thank you again.

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Thanks for your detailed videos on Mac's I always enjoy your content.

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Love your channel, it's been a while since I become a fan, really informative.

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Always loved your side by side comparisons

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I personally love the black port layout and the sleek design of the Mac Mini. Plus the low price is hard to beat

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Love your videos! Been a subscriber since 2018 and have not missed a video!

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Thank you guys for these real, honest and detailed world tests. Love your work

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I really appreciate your in depth reviews and comparisons. Thanks!!

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Ok I like the comparison here for the studio and mini. Was exciting to see the new mini come out along with the pro model . I have my 2014 model i5 base model from then. Haven’t used it in years lol. Thanks for these videos. Helps me a lot.

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Great videos; Thank you for your time and effort!

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Thanks for this, really helpful!

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You guys easily have the most in-depth and useful Apple analysis anywhere on KZbin. Much appreciated!✌

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Thank You for doing these tests!

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I’m loving this content, Max. Keep it coming! 🙌🏾

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Amazing review! You give so much details about your comparison.

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I’d love to see a midnight color variant released someday, it would look so nice with the setup. Excellent comparisons here. Thank you so much!

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I Enjoy the content and thanks for comparison with great in-depth testing.

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Really appreciate the in-depth testing

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Great videos, thanks both of you

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You are doing an awesome job! This is the first place I turn to for Mac news!

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I really appreciate all the effort you guys put into these vids. Thanks so much!!

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Thks for the detailed reviews for the m2 pro series. Helps me greatly in my decision on which to get.

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Love all the data and analysis that Maxtech delivers with new Mac releases. I wait for your reviews rather than watching all the rest.

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Thanks again for the music production tests!

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