The slightly fewer pixels being pushed on the Razer machine (the Apple machines are pushing around 11% more at 1,920 by 1,200) will give it a modest advantage.īefore we get to the results, some words about the actual graphics hardware in the new MacBook Pro laptops. Note that because the 1,920 by 1,200 resolution was not available on this Windows machine, we ran the games at a close equivalent of 1080p (1,920 by 1,080).

This Core i7-based system represents a state-of-the-art high-end Windows gaming laptop for comparison. We also ran a subset of these games and synthetic tests on a GeForce RTX 3070-equipped gaming laptop we are in the process of reviewing: the Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition. (Testing at each laptop's native resolution would have rendered the scores non-comparable.) All games were run at a full-HD-equivalent resolution (1,920 by 1,200 pixels) because the two new MacBook Pros have differing native display resolutions. The last game has far lesser demands on a computer’s graphics power than the rest of the lot, so we used its built-in benchmark for simulating how long it takes the AI to complete a turn, for a different perspective on game performance.

We also tested out a Total War game ( Total War: Warhammer II (Opens in a new window)), the Hitman reboot (Opens in a new window) from 2016, and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (Opens in a new window). Among the most graphics-intensive Mac titles in our benchmark suite are the Tomb Raider series, from which we ran the built-in benchmarks in Rise of the Tomb Raider (Opens in a new window) and Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Opens in a new window). Many of the AAA titles compatible with Macs come from British developer Feral Interactive (Opens in a new window), which partners with studios to bring their creations to platforms other than Windows. So we ran a handful of graphics-intensive games (and a few less-demanding titles) released in the past few years on both the M1 Pro-equipped 14-inch MacBook Pro and the M1 Max-equipped 16-inch MacBook Pro to see what they are capable of.

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