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I hate the naming. By name alone and without looking at specs, can you tell me which is the faster chip-- the M1 Max or the M1 Pro?

• rbilgil 5y ago
  Well I'm not necessarily a fan of the naming but assuming Max stands for maximum, it's pretty clearly the best one. The one you get if you want to max it out. But they should've called it Pro Max for consistency with the iPhones...
• twic 5y ago
  The M1 Pro is faster. The M1 MAX is an M1, but with new control software which makes it keep crashing.
  • btzo 5y ago
    wrong
    • 19h 5y ago
      I assume it was a reference to the 737 Max..
  • filoleg 5y ago
    M1 Pro is on the cheapest model, and M1 Max is on the most expensive model. So I think you are just flat out wrong here.
    • aroman 5y ago
      You missed the joke they were making about the Boeing 737 MAX.
• billyhoffman 5y ago
  In isolation, maybe. But it follows the naming convention of their iPhones models: base model < pro model < pro max model
  • Otek 5y ago
    but it's not M1 Pro and M1 Pro Max (which would be arguably better than what they did) It's M1 Pro and M1 Max.
• tyingq 5y ago
  It would be odd for me if "Max" were not the "maximum".
  • aqme28 5y ago
    That's still a bad naming convention. It won't be the maximum forever.
    • singhkays 5y ago
      But it will the the max M1 forever. When M2 comes around, that's a different class.
      • eugeniub 5y ago
        It appears that M1 Max itself comes in 24-core and 32-core GPU variants. So I guess some M1 Max chips are more maximum than other M1 Max chips.
• vitaflo 5y ago
  Not to mention in casual conversation when talking about the M1 Max and people think you’re talking about the more general “M1 Macs”.