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Why the M2 Pro & M2 Max Are Still Excellent Used Macs in 2025
With Apple’s M4 family officially on the scene, prices for older M2 Pro and M2 Max machines have dipped—yet their real-world performance still holds strong. For many users still on Intel or M1 systems, these M2 chips represent one of the best values in the second-hand Mac market right now. Based on benchmark data from…
MacBook Pro 16″ (M2 Max)
The MacBook Pro 16-inch (M2 Max, 2023) is a high-performance laptop tailored for creative professionals and power users. The MacBook Pro 16-inch (M2 Max) offers good performance, a high quality display, and long battery life, making it an nice choice for professionals in video production, graphic design, and other intensive fields. However, its high price may limit…
Max Tech’s monster Mac Studio comparison: M2 Ultra vs. M3 Ultra vs. M4 Max
What if you got together some of the most expensive Macs ever released and tested all of then? Check out this video, just dropped a few days ago on YouTube where they reviewed 3 different Apple Mac Studios. They went with both un-binned (full versions) of the Mac Studios (see below). Brief Highlights Not surprisingly…
Mac mini (M2 base)
The Mac mini (M2, Late 2023) is Apple’s compact desktop refresh built around its second-generation M2 system-on-a-chip. The base Mac mini with M2 (8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 8 GB–24 GB unified memory) really shines for anyone who wants a quiet, compact Mac desktop without paying for the higher-end M2 Pro/Max silicon. It’s a good fit…
Apple M2 Family SoC Overview and Performance Analysis
Apple’s M2 series represents the second generation of Apple Silicon chips, building upon the M1 architecture introduced in 2020. Manufactured using TSMC’s enhanced 5-nanometer process (N5P), M2 chips include roughly 20 billion transistors—approximately 25% more than the M1—while preserving Apple Silicon’s notable power efficiency. Rather than shifting to a smaller manufacturing node, the M2 architecture…
MacBook Pro 16″ (M4 Max)
The Apple MacBook Pro 16″ M4 Max, introduced in 2024, represents a significant leap in performance for Apple’s professional laptop line. It features the powerful M4 Max chip, which boasts up to a 16-core CPU with 12 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores, and a 40-core GPU capable of hardware-accelerated ray tracing. This powerhouse laptop…
Mac Studio (M4 Max)
Indeed, the M4 Max Studio has proven to be a formidable machine, challenging the notion that the M3 Ultra is unequivocally Apple’s most powerful offering. While the M3 Ultra excels in certain areas, the M4 Max demonstrates superior performance in others, making it a compelling choice for many users. Furthermore, the M4 Max’s GPU has…
Mac Pro (M2 Ultra)
The Mac Pro M2 Ultra, introduced in 2023, was Apple’s most powerful workstation until the M4 Max and more recently the M3 Ultra found in the Apple Studio. The tower chassis features the M2 Ultra chip, which boasts a 24-core CPU with 16 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores, along with a 60-core GPU (configurable…
Apple GPUs – Performance by Generations
Apple’s transition to custom M-series chips has brought significant improvements in integrated GPU performance. This blog post compares GPU performance across Apple Silicon generations—from the original M1 through M1 Pro/Max/Ultra, M2 Pro/Max/Ultra, up to the latest M3 and M4 series—using Geekbench 6 Metal benchmark scores. We use the base M1 as a 100% performance baseline…
Apple SoC Energy Efficiency Overview
Performance scores above are our Normalized Combined Geekbench Scores that combine scores for single + multicore CPU and a normalized GPU Metal metrics into an overall indicator of Mac system performance. Apple Silicon SoC Power Draw Estimates This table summarizes estimated idle and peak SoC (chip-only) power draw values for Apple Silicon chips across all…