MacBook Pro M1 MAX - Pro Tools Performance?

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Originally Posted by dominicperry

If you've got a session you want me to try, I can compare:

Mac Pro 7.1 16-core 48GB on 10.15.7
with
16" MBP M1 Max 10/32 with 64GB on 12.0.1

I have RME Babyface and Avid Carbon. PT Std and PT Ultimate
So far in my PT tests, they both run about the same, but something (probably Monterey) fouls up the Avid Complete Bundle plugins, and I've had to take them all out.

I'm using PT 2021.10 on both but can try 2021.3 or .7 if you prefer.

You can't calculate the loss of Rosetta vs Native for PT, because you can only run under Rosetta on M1. And you can only run as Intel native on Intel.

Logic (which is of course native on the M1 Max) runs about the same number of channels at minimum buffer size on both platforms.

Dominic

Hey Dom, that sounds great much appreciated. Mac OS teething troubles aside, do you feel you can run the MBP under Rosetta and get a similar level of performance for mixing, to the 7,1 16 Core MP?

I have a very simple benchmark Pro Tools session where I have got a Softube Console 1 (K series SSL), Fabfilter Pro-Q 3, Fabilter Pro-C2, Waves Abbey Road Plates, Izotope Ozone 9 and Fabfilter Pro-L 2 across every track.

Perhaps you have the same plugins, or I can make an alternative session with the plugins that you do have?