M1 Max also lets you configure your MacBook Pro with as much as 64GB of unified memory. It includes a 16‑core Neural Engine and an even more advanced media engine with H.264 and HEVC support and ProRes encode and decode with greater playback capabilities. It features a 10‑core CPU and up to 32 GPU cores, while the memory bandwidth jumps to 400GB/s - double that of M1 Pro. M1 Max is even more powerful than M1 Pro.
The Neural Engine can speed through machine learning work, while the dedicated media engine lets you play back up to 20 streams of 4K ProRes 422 video.⁷ And M1 Pro supports up to two external displays. It is equally capable of handling CPU‑intensive tasks like photo editing and compiling code and GPU‑driven tasks like 3D visualizations and processing video effects. M1 Pro can easily run multiple pro applications at the same time. It includes a 16‑core Neural Engine and a media engine with H.264 and HEVC support and ProRes encode and decode. M1 Pro features up to 10 CPU cores and up to 16 GPU cores, coupled with 200GB/s of memory bandwidth and as much as 32GB of unified memory. Choosing the right one for you depends on the type of work you’ll be doing. M1 Pro and M1 Max are both incredibly powerful chips that unlock workflows that were previously impossible on a notebook.
