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Nov 2, 2024 · As we gear up for the arrival of M4 MacBooks, a look back at our reviews and testing data over the last few years shows how far Apple has come in making Macs feel like legit gaming machines.
- Alex Wawro
- M2 Max and M2 Pro: Specs Compared
- M2 Max and M2 Pro: Synthetic Graphics Tests
- M2 Max and M2 Pro: Gaming Tests
- M2 Macs Have The Power, But Where Are The Games?
- Are The New M2 Chips Worth The Upgrade For Gaming?
You can get a sufficient overview of the new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips in our M2 Pro and Max explainerarticle, but here are the high points. Though built on the same 5-nanometer technology as the original M2 chip, the new M2 Pro and M2 Max processors scale up with more CPU cores, more GPU cores, and higher memory bandwidth. Both new chips benefit fro...
Any discussion of graphics testing (whether that's among a bunch of PCs, in a pool of Apple machines, or with a mix of both) has to start with one major grain of salt: These are different processors implemented inside different form factors (both laptop and desktop), in different CPU and GPU variants, as well as different memory and storage allotme...
To see how well the new models deliver on AAA gaming, we started by looking at the built-in benchmark in Rise of the Tomb Raider. In addition to being one of the few Mac-compatible games in the Steam library with a benchmarking tool built-in, it's also one we've been running on Macs for several years, so we have directly comparable data between fir...
We've established that the performance is there if you want to game on your Mac, but what are your actual game options? First, you can look at Apple's own game store, Apple Arcade. You'll find a number of AAA titles on the service, like Resident Evil Village. But the vast majority of the 200-plus games are for iPhone and iPad, as the service is mor...
Of course, it's clear that the latest M2 chips make gaming on Mac better than ever before. And with real gaming capability finally coming to the better configurations of the affordable Mac mini, it's finally possible to get a decent Apple machine for gaming without shelling out a few thousand dollars for a top-of-the-line MacBook Pro. However, Appl...
- Brian Westover
- Lead Analyst, Hardware
Aug 26, 2023 · The best Macs for gaming—including the Mac Studio, MacBook Pro 16, and Mac Mini—are impressive machines that handle many modern 3D games with ease.
- Matthew S. Smith
Dec 21, 2023 · With four of the latest Macs on the test bench, we conducted an early investigation into how the latest M3 Apple Silicon helps make Macs more viable for gamers.
- Brian Westover
- Lead Analyst, Hardware
Feb 16, 2024 · On top of raw performance, the MacBook Pro has two other major advantages over Windows gaming laptops. First, it’s quieter and cooler than your average gaming laptop. It never sounds like a jet...
Oct 27, 2021 · Apple makes it clear that its flagship MacBook Pro laptops are optimized for heavy-duty content creation, not gaming. And most game developers have overlooked macOS as a serious gaming...
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Aug 7, 2022 · In this article, we dig into casual gaming (where Apple fares well), before tackling the thornier territory of AAA titles. Our test unit was an Apple-supplied M2 MacBook Air (8-GB RAM/512-GB...