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What's better for Archicad, the Mac Studio M3 Ultra or the M4 Max?

genarch
Enthusiast

Apple is releasing (finally) new Mac Studios tomorrow but there seems to be a lot of overlap between the M3 Ultra (the high end model) and the M4 Max (the entry model). Yes, even the naming is a bit confusing! The M4 is faster in single-core operations while the M3 Ultra is faster in multi-core. And the GPU in the M3 Ultra is better than in the M4 Max. Maybe I'm answering my own question here in the M3 Ultra would be faster running Archicad, if you're willing to spend 2x as much to get it.

 

Please save the "get a PC" comments for another post, that's not what this one is about! I actually have a PC I use for TwinMotion but I'd rather spend my days on a Mac, respectfully.

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insideru
Advocate

Depends ALOT on what projects you work on and how detailed/hardcore are you going with BIM/DD.

But if you ask me, go for the M4 Max. I have a M4 Pro regular mac mini and it does a fantastic job with medium/medium-large projects.

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