

The smallest was merging three 30-megapixel shots into an HDR photo, which took 22 seconds on the Intel machine and 12 seconds on the M1 Max, a 1.9x speedup. That was the biggest speedup in my tests.


Merging six 30-megapixel shots into a panorama was 4.8x faster on the new MacBook Pro, taking an average of 14 seconds vs. The results, as you might expect, are impressive. The CNET piece focuses on comparing the new 16-inch MacBook Pro with the 10-core M1 Max chip and 32GB of RAM to the 2019 Intel i7 MacBook Pro. Now, CNET has published a new report showcasing the power of the M1 Max MacBook Pro for photo editing. We’ve covered their impressive performance multiple times already, and new reports continue to emerge emphasizing it. It’s no secret that the new M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pros are impressive machines.
