Engadget Logo MacBook PRO review equipped with M1 PRO Japanese version of Engajet.This is a professional "Pro" (Masaichi Honda), which has a high performance

The configuration of the M1 PRO/M1 MAX mounted on the new MacBook Pro was delivered in another column, but what is the performance on the actual machine?That is where you are worried.

MacBook Pro with M1 PRO / M1 MAX, which has already begun to ship, has already issued a rough benchmark value.The CPU speed is the highest overall Mac except for the Mac Pro, and the Geekbench 5 is about 40 % faster than when the IMAC 27 -inch model is set as an option as an option.

As for the GPU, the 16 -core M1 Pro is the same score (METAL operation throughput) as Radeon Pro 5600m, which was the highest and expensive option so far.In the 32 -core model of the M1 MAX, the Radeon Pro 5700XT for the desktop is also greatly exceeded.

These designs were expanded based on the conventional M1, so they could be predicted to some extent, but the stable performance that was actually surprised by the fact that the benchmark test was actually moved.

Not only is it high -performance, but the body is constantly highly performed without heating overly heating or suffering from the noise of cooling fans even when the load is high.

When I actually started using the MacBook Pro, I found that there was a philosophy common to the iPhone Pro series in detail, other than the processor performance, which made me feel depth to this product.

Above all, the display quality (although this was also expected) is an unprecedented mobile computer, and it also has a professional evaluation reference mode for professionals, and is elaborate with flicker measures at the time of content production.thing.

Now that only a day has passed only a day since we started using it only for its extremely complex and large -scale products, we will not see the whole picture first.

Slightly expanded in size, thick, heavy, but more attractive

I tested a 14 -inch display model equipped with a 16GB memory and 2TB SSD with an M1 PRO equipped with a 10CPU core and a 16GPU core.Although the SSD capacity is large, it will be the most typical new MacBook Pro.

The pixel density of the 16 -inch model and the display is exactly the same, and the other functions are the same, but there are only two differences.

The architecture of the speaker seems to be the same and the sound quality is as good as possible, but the maximum sound pressure is 16 inch models higher.(However, even 14 inches gets enough sound pressure)

And the other is the presence or absence of high power mode when selecting M1 MAX.

The 16 -inch has high power mode, and the 32 core GPU mounted on the M1 MAX is turned at full speed.Full powerful GPUs on the same die as CPU or NPU will affect the distribution of thermal density and the overall cooling vajet, and the performance will be adjusted during continuous high loads.

In such a case, it seems to be a mode that does not adjust the performance of the GPU even when using an application that is highly dependent on the GPU.

Probably it is necessary only for some applications and applications.Also, in M1 Pro, there is no setting itself because it can produce full speed without such mode settings.

Until now, MacBook Pro's "big" and "smaller" have had a big difference in functions and performance, but if you approach this far, you can say "brothers with different sizes".

You may be concerned that it has become more than 200 grams compared to the "smaller", but if you are honest, you may want to use a 13 -inch MacBook Pro or a MacBook Air.The appeal of the new MacBook Pro is not only a powerful SoC, but also the product creation.

If you sympathize with or feel needed, comparing it with the M1 -mounted model doesn't make sense.

Liquid Retina XDR display that provides professional -level quality in both the moving environment and evaluation environment

Regarding performance, various processors are integrated, making it difficult to comprehensively evaluate.If it is a CPU alone, it is about 40 % faster than the IMAC 27 inch equipped with a 10 -core model, and the GPU is as intense as Radeon Pro 5600m even in the 16 -core model, but there are add added value such as NEURAL ENGINE, ML Accelerator, ISP, etc.come.

I think it is necessary to have a different evaluation from the conventional Intel architecture, how to use and use different processors for each application.

However, the value of the display is obvious.

The LIQUID RETINA XDR display has the same brightness specifications as Pro Display XDR, but has 1000 areas of local dynasties.Although the peak brightness is different, it seems that the Phone 13 Pro display has become larger.

This high -spec display can be used in various ways in the MacOS display settings.By default, a preset called "Apple XDR Display" is assigned, and the refresh rate is "Pro Motion".In this setting, in conjunction with the built-in brightness sensor and color temperature sensor, "the best in the environment where the MacBook Pro is placed" in the specifications of the brightness range of 0-1600nits and the color range of Display-P3.Automatically adjust to the display.

On the other hand, the display reset also has "Apple Display".This is a mode that matches the brightness specifications of the conventional MacBook Pro, and if you want to use the same sense as the previous use, you can choose this.

And the preset prepared other than these is the reference mode.The nine types of presets are the standard display characteristics of various industries, and can be set to be as standard by evaluation in the dark room.

For example, in the case of HDR Video settings, the color reproduction area is used in P3, and the HDR content is displayed with the brightness characteristics that match the ST2084 (so -called PQ curve).If you make it HDTV, BT.2 to 709 color gamut 2.The gamma characteristics of 2 are displayed in SDR, which is rolled off at 100 nits.In these modes, brightness adjustment and Truetone are invalidated.

In other words, you can work while switching to a mode that is necessary to perform a strict evaluation at the time of content creation, and move to various places, and you have to do the environment that must be performed even if the environment is not available.

This is the same in the refresh rate setting, with a Pro Motion that automatically moves up to 120 Hz, but also a typical refresh rate, besides a typical refresh rate such as 60, 50, and 48Hz..94, 47.It can also be fixed to a refresh rate for broadcasting such as 95Hz.This allows you to get a flicker -free work environment, whatever work you do.

Of course, the black sinking due to local dimming, the goodness of the dark gradation, and the size of the color reproduction area are also attractive, but that alone is also realized on the iPad Pro.The reason for the new MacBook Pro professional criteria is such a detailed construction and detail.

Commitment to "quality" leading to the iPhone Pro series

Apple has been thoroughly concerned with the display, the quality of the sound coming out of the small hand set, the space audio, or camera image quality, as well as the iPhone Pro series as a premium smartphone.The commitment is also used in this product.

The trackpad of the Glass cover using the structure of Magic Keyboard and the pressure sensor is the same as before, the 1080p compatible Facetime HD camera is equivalent to the iMac 24 -inch model announced this year.For the latter, the technology of the iPhone is utilized.

And this time, the built -in speaker is the result that the purchased user will be surprised.6 The sound of the speaker system is enough to enjoy music, though the real low range cannot be played.It is a recycled band close to the third -generation AirPods announced simultaneously, with a moderate punch and speed in the mid -low range.

Probably, many people on business trips feel more comfortable than headphones that block their ears.The reproducibility of the spatial audio is high, and you should be able to enjoy a lot of surround feeling when watching Apple TV+.

Apple has appealed for the quality of the microphone as studio quality, but has not been able to evaluate it at this time.However, the simple recording test confirmed that the sound quality was comparable to the stereo mode of the external condenser microphone.There is no doubt that it is much higher than the video capture and audio capture with a USB camera at least a half -life.

It is also attractive that the HDMI terminal and SDXC that have not been installed for a long time have been revived, and the charging terminal has become Magsafe 3.

In the next few years, the basics of MacBook Pro will be mobilized in the next few years, with a quick charge of 50%in 30 minutes.

Power released from a fixed location

By the way, in the announcement of the new MacBook Pro, the word "Unleashed" was set as a keyword in English.In the sense of "unleash", I used it as an interpretation of unleashing the power, but the engineers and creators that have been tied up to the fixed places are being involved in creative work in a free place.I realized that it could be interpreted as "".

If you use M1 MAX, you can use CINEMA 4D or OCTANE X, the latest game scenes and the Hollywood movie class scene design can be performed by battery driving.In music production, you can play more than 100 trucks instead of 100, and perform a real -time performance after applying 3D sound design.

For video editing, Apple has a great effect with a video accelerator called media engine.In fact, M1 MAX allows you to play more simultaneously with PRORES RAW 8K streams (seven for six) than Mac Pro equipped with AFTERBURNER.The M1 Pro has only one media engine (two MAX), but if it is a 4K video, it can be handled with a margin.

Until now, the MacBook Pro was "MacBook near PRO", but this is the impression that the professional criterion has been released into the mobile world.

This is not only possible to create creative activities anywhere, but also to make a workflow in that you can check and make adjustments for each site even when you are creating a team, such as a person in the position of communicating with the client and the production department and projects and projects.It may be a change.

It has just arrived, and the whole picture has not been evaluated.However, it seems that it will not only raise the level of PCs for creators, which are increasing in Windows PCs, but will be a product that created new standards other than SOC performance.