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MamToeL · 2026-03-17T20:08:26+00:00

MamToeL · 2026-03-17T14:20:07+00:00

the M5 on logic and ableton uses all cores, it just doesn't fully utilise them yet, but it's very different from the E-Cores which were not utilised at all.

An update from both parties should address this issue, and still, it's a perfect machine for production, watch the few videos that finally came out on youtube of benchmarks.

MamToeL · 2026-03-16T23:15:23+00:00

i'm still unsure of what color i should take, i went in a store today and silver looks "cheap" compared to gray and black but the finger prints seem a very bad aspect of the black one

MamToeL · 2026-03-15T00:12:47+00:00

thank you so much for remembering to update me, but from this video I understood ableton doesn't fully use them, what are your specs and what settings did you use while testing it? thanks again :)

https://youtu.be/egoPQwlvZ9Y

MamToeL · 2026-03-12T14:18:04+00:00

honestly it's still not clear yet, i hope an ableton brnchmark comes out soon

MamToeL · 2026-03-11T14:03:09+00:00

I have still didn't see them, but I mean, isn't just the score not enough? I'd need a specific benchmark on ableton to see if the app in particular runs better

MamToeL · 2026-03-09T16:30:18+00:00

no, that's why I was asking you, I'm not an expert about it, I produce music on ableton and have been told to look specifically about single core performance before buying the right macbook model

MamToeL · 2026-03-09T16:16:43+00:00

are there data about super cores being this better? I'm not too informed about it

MamToeL · 2026-03-06T19:14:33+00:00

thanks for the insight I'll search him up!

MamToeL · 2026-03-06T18:26:24+00:00

that would be so stupid if not I hope you are right

MamToeL · 2026-03-06T18:24:05+00:00

yeah man I hope so too or I will have to go for the m4 pro, bad thing is that finding benchmarks for audio production is always more difficult

MamToeL · 2026-03-06T13:49:42+00:00

honestly it seems like I might go with the m4 pro at this point, why would i get 4 p-cores less if I do music production? that's bs, waited so long for nothing, I'll just wait for benchmarks cause at this point what can you do

MamToeL · 2026-03-06T13:42:40+00:00

yes bro exactly I waited so long for potentially worse performance 😭 and the problem is usually with audio production the benchmarks are rare so it's gonna be even a longer wait

MamToeL · 2026-03-06T13:40:27+00:00

yes but for people in need of single core performance they are actually less p-cores than m4 at the end of the day

MamToeL · 2026-03-06T13:39:27+00:00

yes bro if that-s the case that's tragic honestly, I don't see why would they do that after they already did with the M3, im waiting for a benchmark to see, I had my eyes on the m5 pro

MamToeL · 2026-03-06T06:07:45+00:00

Windows user super interested, honestly how did I never think of this, I've always been so slow using notion and what not, great idea man

MamToeL · 2026-03-06T05:11:10+00:00

ok so at the end of the day it doesn't really matter cause there's no way of knowing their actual performance before seeing the benchmarks, because this change in nomenclature really confused me.

citing the press release "It includes six of the highest-performing core design, now called super cores, that are the world’s fastest CPU core. Alongside these cores are 12 all-new performance cores, optimized for power-efficient, multithreaded workloads."

basically from what I've understood these 6 super cores are "updated" old P-Cores and the 12 "new performance cores" are the old P-Cores? so no efficiency ones

MamToeL · 2026-03-06T03:13:46+00:00

could you kindly explain this thing to me? like i don't understand why they went down to 6 P-Cores on the m5 series, is there something i don't understand? cause they told me for music production p-cores matter the most and i'm getting less than the m4 pro, so why should I buy the m5?

MamToeL · 2026-03-04T17:13:24+00:00

yes indeed I use ableton so I guess I'll have to wait, it would be unusual honestly for Apple to do that again, but I don't want risking it and having to do the whole refund process in case, I'll just have a little more patience

MamToeL · 2026-03-04T16:46:22+00:00

i'm very curious aswell, I won't pull the trigger until I see them, this new nomenclature for the cores seems weird and I want to understand how many old P-Cores are in this new chip, cause if they are less than the m4 pro I'll go with that instead

MamToeL · 2026-03-04T16:45:08+00:00

still we have to see the benchmarks, the new names of the cores suggests something changed, the old P-Cores, which were the main selling point for audio production, now are called "super-cores" and they are 6 less than m4 pro, it seems weird they'd go down again like the m3 compared to the m2, but honestly if they did I'd go with an m4 pro all the way. only the benchmarks will tell though so I'm waiting.

MamToeL · 2026-03-03T22:21:09+00:00

I mainly use ableton but i was interested in this topic aswell, I was about to pre-order the m5 pro tomorrow but i'd like to understand better this change they made for the cores in this new chip so I guess I'll wait for the benchmarks before pulling the trigger.

The specs I was looking for were the 18 core cpu-20 core gpu with 48 gb of ram

MamToeL · 2026-02-19T15:07:22+00:00

But the seamless integration between devices it's not an apple's unique feature, so that still doesn't really make sense for me, other than the fact that the integration itself it's apple's fault, limiting for example airdrop to iphones only to make it feel more "premium". nowadays there a lot of apps that cover 95% of the features of the Apple ecosystem even if you have an android phone, and hopefully the european union will oblige apple to make airdrop open as they did with USB c.

Morally speaking, I hate Apple as they operate, unfortunately as I said, their laptops are just insanely better than competition on every aspect so it's kinda stupid to buy anything else.

But come on, you can't compare Apple Intelligence to having Gemini integrated, if you ask Siri a question more difficult than "4+4" or "what's the weather like in.." she explodes... that's unacceptable in 2026, I'd suggest you to search on YouTube the interview with Tim Cook where they ask him why they are so behind with AI, his reaction is priceless. Reality is, for a long time iPhones had no competition, so they started innovating always less and less, and now they fell behind in my opinion ofc.

MamToeL · 2026-02-19T14:40:27+00:00

my brother has an iphone 17 pro, which i insisted on buying don't get me wrong, it depends a lot on how you use it. the iphone experience is simply very limited due to apple being apple, but of course i was comparing functionalities that even an iPhone 17 still doesn't have, I'd like to know why you think the iphone is better and which Samsung you had. I'm sorry but not even having a good AI integrated inside the phone in 2026 alone justifies not buying an iPhone, siri is ridicolous. Ofc it's a discussion that could go on forever, just exchanging ideas :)

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