
While performance is a central theme to the Studio family, Apple is also making a big push around the theme of connectivity and designing a modular system for expandability, which should help the Studio better compete against competing PC workstations. The Mac Studio can be configured either with the same M1 Max processor that was first introduced in the redesigned MacBook Pro or the new M1 Ultra CPU, which delivers even faster processing and graphics performance. And for many, the Mac plays a pivotal role in this space.” “Whether it’s in a home or an office, each studio is unique, customized with the tools that complete the user’s workflow. “A studio is where creators, like designers, scientists, and developers, change the world,” the company said in explaining the naming behind the Studio Mac. Powered by the company’s newest and most powerful silicon, the M1 Ultra, Apple announced a new Mac Studio desktop, as well as a Studio Display. “Today, we’re going to focus on the place where so many people create their life’s best work: The Studio,” Apple said in highlighting the new home of the M1 Ultra chipset. “We’ve been working hard to deliver new products and services that help you stay connected, productive, and entertained,” Cook said as he kicked off the keynote, which highlights the performance theme Apple wove into all of its product updates and announcements today. The variation in the build times for the battery life / thermal throttling test looks like pretty strong evidence that it's possible to get the M1 Pro into thermal throttling, if you load it up long enough. The 16" should offer roughly 30% more battery life which would bring this up closer to 3 hours.Ģ–3 hours might sound terrible relative to what you might expect from Apple Silicon, however, keep in mind that this test had nearly all 10 cores running continuously. The 14" M1 Pro lasted 2 hours 10 minutes. In that time, it compiled the app 19 times. This stress test took my 16" i9 MacBook from 100% to 0% in 58 minutes. This is far beyond normal usage because it keeps nearly all cores running at capacity continuously. To test battery life, I used Gradle Profiler to do a clean build of our app on repeat with the screen at 1 notch of brightness and nothing else running.
