This illustrates that for all the hyperbole surrounding the launch of the M1 – and I’m just as excited as everyone else – it is still incredibly early days. This test was fascinating not just because of the way in which it murdered the 16” during the rendering test, but because it was given a dose of its own medicine during the export. I’m deeply impressed by the M1 MacBook Air just three days in. Maybe 8GB versus 32GB is a conversation worth having, after all… Conclusion
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The Pro didn’t at all, and as several people in the comments section of my video noted, it’s probably down to the RAM. It had clearly struggled performing both a Final Cut Export and a screen recording at the same time.
In fact, the cancelling of the screen recording propelled that little machine onto an export speed not that dissimilar to the Pro. Without thinking, I decided to sit back, wait and stop the screen recording on the Air. In fact, while the 16” MacBook Pro was hurtling towards 20% completion, the Air was languishing in single digits.
And isn’t it weird how that’s the case, given that we should really be rooting for the 16”? Alas, its performance with the colour grade set brand new expectations for this equally nascent Apple silicon-powered computer.īut the Air struggled – really struggled. This task was simpler to undertake, but just as intensive – if not more so – processor-wise, than the render.Įnsuring I had both laptops exporting with the exact same settings and to their respective desktops, I hit ‘go’ and started the timers. A £999 laptop had just spat loose tarmac into the front grille of its £3,500 cousin in a display of raw pace. This genuinely surprised me, as you’ll see in the video reaction at the top of this article. The Air? Silent (it has no fan), and barely lukewarm. Its fans were also roaring and near takeoff speed, and the metal above the keyboard was too hot to keep your finger on for any longer than a few seconds. The 16” MacBook Pro took about five minutes and was noticeably slower. That alone was impressive.īut I wasn’t really prepared for what happened next. The M1 MacBook Air completed the task in around two minutes. The colour grade was simple an introduction of some contrast, slight bump in exposure and a boost to saturation.
The speed with which they do so will dictate how quickly I can publish my YouTube videos or get paid by clients. Why did I pick these two tasks? As a video guy, I know they’re two of the most important functions my computers perform. This involved one piece of 4K footage that was 10 minutes long, and two tasks:
With limited time on my hands, I decided to conduct a quick but thorough test with a tool which I knew would put both machines through their paces.
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