Dec 01, 2023 10:42:00

It is reported that Apple silicon 'M1 Pro' exceeds the performance of 'M3 Pro' in some software

At

Apple's new product announcement event on October 31, 2023, three next-generation Apple Silicon chips were announced : the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. Apple has touted the performance of these chips as significantly improved over the previous generation chips, but some software shows that the M3 Pro has lower performance than the M1 Pro , which was announced in 2021. It has been reported that

Apple M1 Pro beats M3 Pro with Ableton, Logic and Pro Tools! - gearnews.com
https://www.gearnews.com/apple-m1-pro-beats-m3-pro-with-ableton-logic-and-pro-tools/

The core of Apple silicon consists of high-performance P cores and highly efficient E cores, and by distributing workloads according to tasks, it is possible to run software efficiently.

The core configurations of 'M1 Pro', 'M2 Pro', and 'M3 Pro' are as follows. We can see that with each new generation of Apple silicon, the number of P cores decreases and the number of E cores increases.

	M1 Pro	M2 Pro	M3 Pro
High performance core (P core)	8 pieces	6	5 pieces
High efficiency core (E core)	2 pieces	Four	6

YouTuber

James Zhang compared the performance of music production software such as REAPER , Cubase , Pro Tools , Logic Pro , Ableton Live , FL Studio , and Studio One .

The Problem with M3 Pro MacBook Pro for Music Production | M3 Pro vs M2 Pro vs M1 Pro - YouTube


In the test conducted by Zang, he created an audio track with a monaural clip of the guitar sound and loaded it into each software. The CPU was intentionally overloaded by duplicating tracks until the audio signal became noisy or the application was forced to close. At the same time, Mr. Zhang checked the CPU load per core through the Mac's built-in application ' Activity Monitor '.

Testing revealed that REAPER, Cubase, and FL Studio were fully utilizing all CPUs.

We also found that Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, and Studio One mostly utilize the P core, and there is almost no load on the E core.

Therefore, it was found that the performance performance of M3 Pro, which has a higher number of cores than M1 Pro and M2 Pro, was superior in REAPER, Cubase, and FL Studio. On the other hand, it has been reported that the M1 Pro's performance results are better than the M2 Pro and M3 Pro in Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, and Studio One.

Gearnews, an overseas media outlet, commented on the results, saying, ``The fact that the M1 Pro's performance exceeds the M3 Pro even with Apple's genuine music production software Logic Pro suggests that the cause may be the software itself, or that there is a problem with the OS. 'The results of this test clearly show that anyone considering an M3 Pro-equipped PC should investigate the chip closely before purchasing.' Masu.