
That will cost at least $4,099 for the 14-inch model or $4,299 for the 16-inch model. The Pro models can have 16GB or 32GB, while the Max models have 32GB or 64GB.Īpple also offers a 96GB memory configuration for the first time, but only if you buy the highest-end M1 Max model with a 38-core GPU. The memory configurations, as noted in the table in the CPU section, are similar between the M1 Pro/Max and M2 Pro/Max. For everyone else, the M1 Pro or M1 Max will be good enough. Just as with the CPU, if you’re currently using an M1 Pro/Max as a professional and you’re using high-end graphics software to do some serious rendering, the improvement will be noticeable. On the graphics side, Apple says that the M2 Pro/Max provides a 30 percent GPU improvement over the M1 Pro/Max, and in our testing, we saw increases between 20 and 30 percent.

If you dabble in pro apps but mostly use consumer-level software, you may not notice the difference as much because your tasks aren’t as demanding. What does that mean from a user perspective? If you’re a professional who’s constantly doing CPU-intensive tasks, a 20 percent increase is probably worth a lot of time and money. Since the update it usually runs between 30%-45% of RAM used.Apple claims a 20 percent increase in CPU performance for the M2 Pro/Max over the M1 Pro/Max, which matches the benchmarks we ran in our review. I didn't see the Mac going over 8MB yet, so I opened every application on my mac just to get to 51%. Upgrading the Hard Drive, made it even better. Sorry for the bad analogy: it is like replacing parts in your car that will make it runs great, but it takes 15 minutes to start it.įor me, I decided to start with RAM. Yet, when upgrading considering to upgrade the SSD is not a bad idea. Thanks to clarification, the SSD and RAM are unrelated in this discussion.

In my original answer I have mentioned SSD. Here, you can find a similar discussion in iFixit forum Apple do have a good webpage of How to identify my mac model. Please, before you buy make sure that the memory fit your specific mac model. This is the product I have purchased to my mac.

I Have same same model MBP and upgraded two weeks ago. There are several discussions in Apple's forum on this subject. Yes.You can install and use 16GB of RAM in that machine.
