And of course, you probably have devices that you’ve had for a while that you use on your older Mac and want to use on your new one.Īll of Apple’s M1 Macs heavily rely on Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports-they each have two. Ports offer faster connections than Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, and sometimes you might prefer (or have no choice) to use a wired connection. M1: Ports and expansionĮven as more external devices offer wireless connectivity, ports are very important. As for the SSD, if you rely on cloud storage such as iCloud, Dropbox, or Microsoft OneDrive, you can go with a smaller SSD, but remember, you need an internet connection to access those services. Most people will be fine with 8GB of memory, but if you like to use professional apps and plan to keep your MacBook for a while, upgrade to 16GB. Our take: Buy as much memory and storage as you can afford. You can also configure your Mac with up to 2TB of storage. Apple uses solid-state drives (SSDs) in its M1 Macs, offering 256GB to start and 512GB at the higher-priced models. Then there’s storage, the place where files and software is kept. The M1 Macs do not allow you to easily add more memory after purchase. However, Apple changed the way memory is used in the M1 compared to Intel-based Macs, and most regular users will be fine with 8GB. Having a higher amount of memory can help performance.) If you think 8GB isn’t enough, you have the option to upgrade to a maximum of 16GB of memory for an additional fee. (If you don’t know, memory or RAM is used by a computer when it is doing work and processing data. M1: Memory and storageĪll four of these Macs have 8GB of “unified memory” in their standard configurations. The 13-inch MacBook Pro’s performance is very close to the Mac mini, so it’s a worthy contender as well, but if you want the best price-to-performance ratio, the Mac mini is the way to go. If you can wait, hold off until results from the 24-inch iMac are in, but we expect they’ll be similar. Our take: If all you care about is getting the top-performing M1 Mac, then the Mac mini is for you. Geekbench 5 Compute GPU benchmark Mac model We’ll update the performance chart with iMac data as soon as possible. We expect the $1,299 iMac’s 7-core GPU to be slightly faster than the MacBook Air’s 7-core GPU, while the iMac’s 8-core GPU performance could be similar to the Mac mini.
The 24-inch iMac has three standard configurations, starting with the low-end $1,299 model that has a 7-core GPU, and the $1,499 and $1,699 models with an 8-core GPU. The difference is 9 percent between the two MacBook Air models, and higher compared to the MacBook Pro and Mac mini, so if your work is graphic-heavy, consider spending a little more on the 8-core model. The $999 MacBook Air and the $1,299 iMac have a 7-core GPU that’s slower than the other M1 Macs, but you probably won’t notice a difference in general everyday use.
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