>>1026883 You mean out of these two or are you also including the base Apple M5 (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU)? Either way, how come, isn't M5 Max GPU twice as fast as the M5 Pro GPU? Although it may throttle in the 14" MacBook.
>>1026884 Anon I learned on something with 50x less computing power than any of these you'll be fine with anything. That being said more is more. If you want to spend the money spend it
>>1026891 >>1026896 How come? You mean even for rendering? Of course, rendering on a laptop is retarded, but I don't expect it to be a permanent thing, still kinda want it to be able to handle the rendering for now. >>1026898 >If you want to spend the money spend it Given that I'm putting the chip into a 14.2" MacBook Pro, I'm worried about the M5 Max chip potentially making battery life much worse + thermal throttling
>>1026990 It all depends on the scenesetup. My 10 years old laptop can render eevee scenes fine. You don't need to trace all the rays or whatever, eevee will do.
>>1026900 >Given that I'm putting the chip into a 14.2" MacBook Pro, I'm worried about the M5 Max chip potentially making battery life much worse + thermal throttling Battery life only gets used up if you're using the chip, when it's idle it's not taking up any more. And the Macbook Pro has fans. And you should render (or any other performance sensitive task) while plugged in anyways, this goes for any laptop.
>>1029347 >Battery life only gets used up if you're using the chip Of course, but it might use more energy for the daily tasks due to faster performance