Early this weekI proclaimed the brand new M4 MacBook Air The Best MacBook for most people. In short, this is because Apple is broadcast everything that is already great about the modern MacBook with its latest M4 chip for a fantastic RRP of 999 US dollars.
The thing is, the M4 chip itself is not brand new: Apple first introduced it with the iPad Pro last Maybefore Introduction of the M4 MacBook Pro in October. This week Apple had consolidated the MacBook Air as a previous generation brand: If you would like an Apple computer for the entry level, you can buy the M2 MacBook Air for $ 999 or the M3 MacBook Air for a little more. If you wanted M4, the “Pro” territory.
M4 vs. M4
No more: No matter whether you buy a new MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, you will receive the M4 chip. These chips are almost identical between air and pro, but with a restriction. The SOC (system on chip) has a 10-core CPU (four performance cores and six efficiency nuclei) and a 16-core neural engine for all models and a 10-core GPU on the Pro. You may Get a 10-core GPU in the air, but only if you pay extra. If you buy the entry-level machine of $ 999, you will receive an eight-core GPU. These additional two GPU cores cost 100 US dollars.
It is a small difference, but a difference that interprets a better performance from the M4 MacBook Pro-Ins especially for graphically intensive tasks. If you work with animation or high-resolution video or play AAA games, these two GPU cores can be useful on the professional. However, paper specifications mean very little for the use of the real world: When you see how these machines actually cut off when you are put in the test, you know how big (or small) these differences are really.
We have to wait until Apple releases the M4 MacBook Air before we see these real tests in action. In the meantime, however, we have some evidence that go beyond the technical sheet. As reported by WccftechTesters uploaded Geekbench -Metall -Benchmarks for the M4 -MacBook Air on the Internet.And the results are revealing. This test examines the GPU performance of a chip via the Metal -API from Apple. The eight-core M4-MacBook Air scored 54,864 in the test, while the 10-core M4 MacBook Pro 57.788 achieved. This is a win of 5% for the MacBook Pro, which is nice, but not the big leap you may expect from two additional GPU cores -especially when you consider that the Pro starts with $ 1,599.
Here, too, Benchmarks do not necessarily reflect real use. These two cores could press the professional more than these results imply. The professional also has internal fans to keep the M4 chip under pressure. The air has no fan, which means that it can slow down the performance if things get too hot earlier than the professional. We just have to see how these two machines stack next to each other when checking units arrive.
Strength and price
Regardless of the fact that the M4 MacBook Air develops into a machine’s power pack – especially for the price. For example, the M4 MacBook Pro costs $ 600, and while you get additional advantages such as a lighter, high-quality display, twice as much memory, an HDMI connection and SDXC card slot. You may prefer the additional $ 600 in your wallet. If you ignore these discounts, you no longer have to count the air when you are someone who buys a Mac with strength. In fact, it should probably be your first choice, only if the work you do requires The additional “Oomp” that the professional can offer.
To be clear, this comparison between the M4 chip, not The M4 Per chip. You can only get the M4 Pro in the MacBook Pro, and this model starts at 1,999 US dollars. At that time it is a completely different discussion.
