TORN? M1 Max MacBook Pro 2021 14 vs 16 - CLEAR Winner 

Are you Team 14 or Team 16?? Let me know below! 👇

Title: CLEAR Winner Video: There's not a clear winner

I had the same exact thinking. Once you get to your destination, the 16in would be much better for usability and ergonomics. Those are important factors for productivity to me. Also the bigger screen, better battery, better thermals, and better speakers are a plus.

Hey man just wanted to say thanks for taking the time for this review. I've been looking for real life scenarios like this! Helped me make my decision!

Dude I gotta say I'm digging your tech reviews lately! Thanks for the inspiration :) hope you're staying warm, sending cozy vibes from Cali

I had the same issue, Brought both. Ended up with the 14" love the size.

Very informative! Thank you! May need to cop one of these!

Thank you for the clarity.

Like you, I got both, and like you, on the whole I prefer the 16”. I do like the 14” for couch surfing to edit websites or to take down to a cafe for casual use, but when I get back to the 16” it’s a relief and a nicer experience. If you had a big monitor to plug into at each location you work regularly it might be different. I’m still glad I have a 14” too though - looking forward to taking it with me on holiday hopefully in a few weeks without any heavy editing work for example.

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Great review! I appreciate the same spec comparison having only the size being the difference!

Thanks for the video comparison! Been seeing way too much of "The M1 Pro is more than enough!" so it's nice to see more content on maxed out M1 Max machines. I personally went with the 16" myself just because I'm not sure how much I'll be able to use an external monitor, and because I wanted the essentially unlimited power.

Great comparison, I appreciate that you talked on portability.

I appreciate how you made the real world size comparison with editing while traveling. The 16 is a game changer. I too down graded in size with the M1 13”. I hate the size love the computer. I just decided go to M1 Max 16” 32g waiting for it to arrive.

I have the 14", the way I see it while at a hotel you can use the HDMI from the tv to extend the display in use cases where more display space is needed away from home. At home I rarely use the built in display unless away from my desk. The smaller form factor is great more often than it is an inconvenience in my use case.

Great comparison!

Thanks for the review. I've been agonizing over this decision but when it really gets down to it, for a few months in the spring and fall, I'll be editing only with my MacBook and no external monitor, so 16" it is!!

Great comparison! I think the 16” is the way to go. I came from a 15” and the 16” has the same footprint, but larger screen. To me the $200 extra is definitely worth it for the larger screen, better battery life and improved thermal performance. The screens are so nice on these new laptops, I haven’t used my 16” much with my external monitors. Maybe if I had 4K monitors I would be more tempted, but connecting these to anything less thank 4K would be a downgrade in my opinion. I actually ordered a 15.6” 4K monitor to use as a second display occasionally.

Nice reviews Johnny. I am more concern about the performance when editing the vídeo projects (the playback). Did you notice some differences when you start adding color grade, effects, multiple camera files, etc, or do they perform the same at this point? What about the fans, do they run more frequently in one than the other(when editing)?

Thanks a lot....great things to consider with 16" vs 14". I'll be upgrading from a 2013 Macbook Pro 15. I don't have to travel with it so I'm leaning towards the 16". Debating on going with a refurbished M1 Macbook Pro vs a new M2 Macbook Pro? I can save about $420 going with the M1. Not too concerned about the extra cost if the M2 is worth it. I plan to get into some video editing, but probably nothing very complicated. Any thoughts?

Great video dude - you're doing a great job. I think you've swapped me over from the 14 camp to the 16.

Great video Tat man.

I have base MBPR14 model because I use it primary at home with 35” ultrawide, when I go back in office I will use it with two 24” monitors. So in this scenario MBPR14 is just a perfectly balanced machine!

I bought my first Mac in 2010 and it was the 13” MBP and it was a great machine and still running fine today but I always loved the look of the 17” and the other day I saw the new ones next to each other and my god the 16” is stunning… I think that’s the one I’ll have to get even if it’s more expensive than I’d like to spend

In the past I always got the largest screen laptop possible. But, the 13” m1 showed another way. It is so light I find myself holding in my hand closer to my face than I used to do with laptops (I am sure the use of iPads has also gotten me used to that). So the smaller screen closer to my face is a way to be more mobile. In airline use for sure.

Waiting for delivery of the 14" model. I have my current MacBook Pro in clamshell mode connected to a 27" Apple Cinema Display 98% of time, so laptop screen size is not a big issue for me.

I did the same and stuck with the 16”. I have 2 external ultrawide monitors attached and when I traveled the 14” screen was just too small for me. The extra weight was not an issue. Can’t open the computer on a flight in a coach class seat BUT I have a 12.9” iPad for that. Battery life differences were significant from my experience. 16” is an all day machine for my workload.

I got my very first macbook air 13 inch for college (latest model) but I feel its to small for my preference. I'm used to a 15.6 inch screen and debating to get the macbook pro 16 inch. I prefer the bigger screen since it let's me be more prodcutive.

I'd be interested to see what settings you're using on your exports. Is it just standard "Match Bitrate", or are you manually adjusting the bitrates/encoding/etc.?

Great video! When you do your export tests in FCPX, do you select the better quality or faster encode setting?

There's also 3rd way to use a laptop....on lap. I like to work part of the day outside (indoor-outdoor -living) while being in my other home in sunny Spain. I had the opportunity to check both sizes in store and first impression from 16" model was, that I will regret later if I select it. I love everything extra it gives, but I wouldn't want to work 2 hours it being on my lap. I'm leaning towards 14". When working on desk, I will be using additional monitor anyway.

Great video and explanation! I got one question if you don't mind..., do you use "more space" or "default" in your Display settings for the 16 inch MBP?

What about using iPad on Sidecar next to 14" for 27" of total screen at the same weight as the 16"?

Great video, I'm still torn which size. I currently have a 15.4 hooked to one 27" 4K monitor and an older apple display. Only 30% of my work load is doing video content the rest is study, word processing and writing. I travel internationally 3 times a year and do a medium amount of photo editing, so I cant decide. I do have a 13" as a travel pc. However Your video is making me lean towards the 16" - thanks!

Keep Em Both BALLER....Love you Bro Im Enjoying my 16 Inch M1 Max😜

Great video man! I’ve got they Base 13in MacBook Pro and my fans kick on with just playing back 1080 in Final Cut but I just ordered a Mac Mini with the M1 chip so we’ll see how that does! Lol

It’s so cute how you date back to the 08 model and like remember the clamshell iBook and Lombard PowerBook

Nice comparison! I am leaning towards Team 14 M1 MAX because I am on the move so much and need the power for my R5 files. I was wondering during normal use I.e web surfing, word, email etc. Does the keyboard get warm to the touch or is it as cool as the 16inch?

The 17"" MBP of the past are so cool! If apple made a 17" screen size now, it would be huge. Maybe they will surprise us and have a 17" M1 2 Pro/Max??

Where can I get that yellow wallpaper? 🔥

Have the 16” Max now and I had the 17” back in 2007!!

I did really enjoy this video I also learned something from it, I bought me the 14’’ M1 max 24 core gpu and 32gb ram and 1Tb sdd It wil be delivering on December 10th can’t wait 😍 ( keep going with your videos you deserve so much more subs!

I have the 16in and to me it's better than the 14in in my honest opinion. I don't carry a monitor with me so I prefer to have the bigger screen with me on the go. Also, the weight difference doesn't bother me to take it anywhere I go.

last MacBook Pro I owned was a 2015 base model in a 13 inch..so tomorrow I might get the 16 inch M1 Pro machine base model because that’s all I really need

how do they compare in plug in power mode?

When talking about the battery life on the 16 inch, you just say it's "better" but what exactly does that mean? Around how many hours of battery life do you get?

It is such a hard decision 😬 I love the screen on the 16 but idk, just handling it, taking it out of a backpack etc feels so much better with the 14

i had the m1 air, sold it, bought the 16, max, used it for 1 week, brought it back, thought it was way too big, bought the 14 pro, used it for about a week, re-bought the max 16 again and now waiting on it....lol

I’m set on the 16”, however, I don’t know if I should get the Apple M1 Pro with 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine with 32gb of unified memory or the Apple M1 Max with 10-core CPU, 24-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine with 32gb of unified memory… I do occasional video exporting, subtitling projects, and the occasional video encoding, but I don’t know if the extra $180 is worth it or not for the max chip over the pro chip… can anyone please give me some insight?

Damn, this is one of the most difficult decisions. I am getting the 16" in a few days, but I am constantly doubting whether this wasn't the wrong decision...

I was offered a second hand 14 and 16 inch m1 macbook pro 16 gb memory and 1 TB SSD for 1500$ and 1600$ and they look both like new really, no scratch at all ! I couldnt decide which one to keep and as they are both at such good price and state i kept them both … 😅 What do you think ? A bit crazy ? The 14 inch is more portable and i love the screen of the 16 inch !

For my budget was thinking between 14" m1 max (24) and 16" m1 pro, 32 ram. After 1-2 weeks finally decided to go with 16" m1 pro. I'm doing color grading in Davinci Resole and study programming. As for now, I think M1 Pro will be enough for me. If I'll need more power in the future - it's more reasonable to sell then this machine and get the new one on M2 next year, for example

I bought the 16” M1max 64GB 4T because of the screen size and because I need cpu power to run heavy jobs (I usually use external servers). The weight doesn’t matter for me, even if I commute every day with it. I do not regret my choice, it ‘s an awesome machine. By the way, I have had a 17”, 12 years ago :-)

Love 14 inch small and nice but the 16 is much better but the keyboard actually fits the 14 and I do travel a bit so yeah 14 is reaeeaqlly nice but so is 16 big screen but ima have to go with 14

I'm on a 2013 15" macbook pro. thinking bout the 16" max for sure. i think the size and weight would be very close to what ive been use to..?..

I’ve never bought the larger sizes but for this one I just felt the bigger display was going to be worth it! I agree that it depends on the person! Great video!

Im not sure if its just me that thinks this but I keep seeing people complain about the size of the 16" and how its not portable. Personally I think the 16" macbook pro (2021 model) is quite small for a 16" device. I have seen them in person (still waiting on mine arriving :/) and they seem like the perfect size to me. Then again I wont be using it in cramped spaces

can i have ur film burn effect?

I actually don’t have a laptop I’m waiting a month for full review and until everybody get there’s so my can just come in a week instead of waiting months I can just use my money for bills etc (emergency) till it’s available but I actually went in person and I would like to say if you want the 16” go in person the 16” is not close to as big people make it out to big but I looked at both close to each other and separate n I can say the 16” looks like a normal average normal not heavy size when looked separate n the 14” inch looks compact not heavy not average size but smaller version of something when looked separate but when it looked side by side the 16” looks bigger heavier n the 14” looks tiny the image on screen looks cramped (I’m 23 and I veryyyy good vision). I can honestly say I prefer the 16”

Since I'm a Graphic/ UI-UX Designer I always prefer a device with the larger screen real estate. It's a pity that the 16 Pros are so expensive. I wish they had an Air line with a larger screen. I mean less powerful processor but larger screen.

You can get the same specs on 14 inch as the 16 on Apple store

no problem with fan noise, I love those jets sound, maybe the PRO don't sounds, your sounds because is the MAX?

4:55 that's not a fair comparison. It looks like the only extra space in the 16, is blank space. Also, it looks like you made the individual sections larger on the 14

i still can't decide, had the 14 first and now the 16 still not sure though 🤔

The 14 inch is dope if you don’t mind carrying an iPad too. I use my 11 inch iPad Pro as an extra screen with my 14 inch. Game changer!

After weeks of debate (with myself) and literally 10 times ordering and cancelling orders on the apple website I finally settled on the 16 inch over the 14. Mine should be delivered next week hopefully. My reasoning was that I already have, and am planning to keep, the M1 MB Air (absolutely love my M1 MBA!). If I need portability I will use the Air but I want my new MB Pro to be with the big screen. I had a chance a couple times to play with both 14 and 16 at Best Buy and for me the larger size and weight didn’t make much difference but the bigger screen size did make a difference. Not to mention the better battery life and slightly better performance of the 16.

I bought 16 inch only because I don’t use any other monitors with it. Retina xdr is gorgeous 😅

I went for 16” M1 Pro. Upgraded from 2012 retina 15”. I’m loving it!

the 16 inch MBP is not bigger than most 15 inch PCs. It fits in any backpack so it is portable as any other laptop.

Title: "CLEAR Winner", @10:03 "so I dont think there's a clear winner"

So interesting. I’m super intrigued by this….Your export experience couldn’t be more different than mine. I’m releasing a video on my use as an architect and content creator. In both use cases, the 16” was way quieter than the 14”. During renders, the 16” hovered at 2400rpm on and off, while the 14” hovered at 4500 continuously and would ramp up to 5800-6000rpm. In my PP export, the fans of the 14” kicked in starting 1 minute 30 and didn’t stop till export ended. I was on Automatic. I wonder if it’s a QC issue. 🤔 Edit: M1 Max, 32 core gpu, 32 gb RAM.

i'm watching this vid on my 2010 17" MBPro ! lol

I picked up first the 14 inch M1 Max and loved it but the battery life was not what I expected, so I decided to test out the 16 inch M1 Max and for now I really love the big display and the better battery life for a difference in price of about 200$ (Canadian). The display is so good that you want more of it.

Developed nations problems, back at home in Africa 3 hours of battery life would be deemed amazing

The 16 " inch all the way baby!!!!

I got the 16” cause I’m big and like big things

the 16 give you the FULL potential of a macbookpro, the 14 limit the potential, so I prefer the 16, bigger screen, better battery, better thermals, and better speakers are a plus

You tested M1 Max 14" but does the M1 Pro also have low power mode? I'm kind of disappointed with the 14" MBP's battery which is rated at 11 hours of wireless web browsing. Even 4-5 years ago Apple rated the 13" machines at 12 hours browsing and that too with intel chips. So this happy with M1 13" MBP (or even M1 Air) user might have to get the 16" because of mini led and battery life. My most used app is probably the browser (Netflix, RU-vid, class lectures, web browsing) My ideal machine was 2011 13" MBA - it didn't lack anything compared to its bigger cousins except for ethernet port and DVD Drive (never needed for my use case)

Love the title: "CLEAR Winner" but at 10:02 "I dOnT ThiNk tHeReS a CLeAr WinNeR" a little clickbaity but yeah lmao

Title says “CLEAR winner” but yet when you start the WHICH TO GET portion of the video you start by saying “I don’t really think there’s a clear winner”! -Click bait??? Come on man, your’e better than this.

Bottom line, size matters to me

Size matters

I never knew Apple made a 17in MacBook! I looked it up and that thing weighs 6.6 pounds!

Great video, nice job. 1. the portability talk is really narcism, both are easily portable. If you fly all the time, are a student with small desk in the classroom, or work at a coffee shop on a small table then the smaller footprint wins out on the 14, this is not the same concept as portability. 2. Even if you use external monitors, having the 16 has many benefits over the 14. 3. People should get what makes them happy, but the only logical reason for the 14 is for working in tight quarters, there are no other valid reasons (that are not offset by the 16) on having a 14 over the 16 so no reason to try to defend these reasons, people should simply say i like the 14 better, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, nothing wrong with this at all.

Watching on my 16”. A whole 1.4 pounds heavier than the 14”! Tired of hearing about the weight difference.

For serious pro work, 16" is a no brainer. It goes through the tasks like a workhorse, 14" is kind of a gimmick compared to 16". It works ok until it get's warm then all system fails. As a professional photographer I have opportunity if not a requirement to have both. 14" is a basic (M1,16gb ram) model, 16" is maxed up (m1max,64gb ram,gpu32c)... I got 16" 3 months after 14", and for sure I did a real life comparison. As photographer I use medium format camera, as well as full frame, so all files are huge. I use Lightroom, Capture one and Photoshop software, many times interlinked... To be brief, all the tools that serious pro uses, and I do hdrs, panoramas etc.. So there's no room to hide for the hardware. So after 4 months onward, this are my findings: 14" (16gb ram, basic graphic, 1tb) ok for a very basic tasks, it's great actually if you keep it simple and not load up very demanding projects. If you keep the quantity low, few 10 files for edit, export, retouch, etc... it shines out any intel based laptops immediately. It doesn't lag, all is smooth and it is on pair with maxed out 16". I love the size, bam you throw it in the photobag and you're off. Love it! BUT: as soon as bigger project come, with hundreds, thousands of shots, among which there are panoramas, hdrs, 1:1 previews etc..lots of 100% views of 100mp files, things fall back immensely. I say immensely to be compared to Intel laptops, if not even worse. With heavy load, Lightroom starts to lag so much, that at times it is impossible to work, every click on a brush takes few seconds of a "wheel time", which makes you wanna throw the laptop at the wall :). Don't but it is hideous. Therefore, for a quick jobs in-out, great. For a serious workstation, nope nope and nope. Gimmick! 16" (64gb ram, 32c gpu, 2tb) throw at it whatever you want, it goes through like a knife thru butter. I think that's not just the maxed out spec, but just the size. Cramping all the spec into 14" has to come with some tradeoffs. I can't even imagine what would happen if I'd get maxed out 14". It would fry, I guess. LR export: 46 edited files at 100mp to resized JPG= 14" needed 31 seconds more 187 edited files at 100mp to resized JPG= 16" (7:22min) / 14" (15.24min) ...14" slowed down after 4 minutes drastically. Which might be due to the heat that kicked in and slowed down everything. ...now imagine you are working on something else while exporting on 14". Of course on other occasions I did, and it only slows down the export even more. Don't even think of using other heavy duty software when process power slows down, you are in for a chain reaction when all just becomes a dream where you try to run but you can't. So if you are in for a serious work, needing a workstation; 16" is the only way, don't be mislead by reviewers who in most cases are not professionals in video/photo world.

Title: “CLEAR winner” 10 mins in : “ There’s no clear winner”

16 inch battery life is just unbeatable 😋

I went 14

Good video, but why do you clickbait with the title (clear winner) you don’t need it.

That title is pure clickbait garbage.

Why does he say stuff like "I'm not gonna lie" or "honestly". Someone know if he's channel is trustworthy since he has to point out when he's telling the truth?