[Brandonx1]

Originally Posted by reichman

FWIW, I am using the Ultra for high track count 5.1 film sessions, and high-sampling rate Atmos sessions. The machine appears to be about 3-times the power of my old trashcan (in Rosetta mode), and my current sessions take the user CPU usage in Activity Monitor up to 34% or so. So based on my rough calculation, the Max would work for me, but without much CPU headroom. If CPU power scales linearly, than my sessions would use 68% of a Max, which would be a bummer on a new machine.

Exactly! M1 chip so slow compared to modern silicone or even 4 year old chips. I regret my M1 Max 64gb purchase. it is not being used at all. I thought it would be my prefered machine but my 16 core is just 2 to 3 times as fast.