One of the decisions you need to make when buying a MacBook Pro or new Mac mini is the chip: M2 Pro vs. M2 Max. We’ve seen what Apple has to say about the differences, and how they stack up in benchmark rankings.
A new piece today looks beyond the benchmarks to how the two chips compare when used for real-life video work in the 16-inch MacBook Pro. It’s not exactly a detailed comparison, but it does provide a pointer to the three usage cases likely to justify the M2 Max …
M2 Pro vs. M2 Max: Battery life
The first thing that jumped out at me in Monica Chin’s piece for The Verge is that the more powerful chip means taking a reasonably big hit to battery life.
I averaged close to 14 hours of nonstop use on the M2 Max model with my workload [which] largely involves Chrome tabs, Google docs, and some streaming […]
I averaged closer to 17 nonstop hours on the M2 Pro model. In practice, this means I can use it on battery for two to three days at a time, plugging it in like every so often.
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