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Is the M1 or M2 chip powerful enough to withstand the capability of Blender? Can my MacBook withstand Blender or Do I have to buy a Mac instead to withstand the software?
Blender has so much programs in the software it might overheat the MacBooks or Macs.
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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.2
TurboTank58 wrote:
Is the M1 or M2 chip powerful enough to withstand the capability of Blender?
Yes.
Can my MacBook withstand Blender or Do I have to buy a Mac instead to withstand the software?
All computers involve design compromises. Laptops trade off performance and cooling for better portability, when you reach the design limits.
Blender has so much programs in the software it might overheat the MacBooks or Macs.
Computers have been running programs that saturate the processor and with heavy graphics usage for many years, and the worst that is expected to happen is throttling the clock down (to reduce heat, also reduces app performance) and/or throttling the fans up (to remove heat).
This is a generic system design: many Intel processors will throttle clock (down) and app performance (down) and fans (up) under load, too. This is also the foundation of the base clock speeds, and of what Intel calls Turbo. You’re going to get the base clock speed at most when all the cores are active. Burst or Turbo clock speeds, not so much.
As for your question… Ask the folks that run Blender. They know the app and its performance best.
Here are their system recommendations: https://www.blender.org/download/requirements/
Here’s a write-up on picking a Blender system: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/277104/what-computer-should-i-buy-for-blender-how-do-i-choose-hardware
Here’s where you’ll probably get better opinions: https://blenderartists.org/
TurboTank58 wrote:
Is the M1 or M2 chip powerful enough to withstand the capability of Blender?
Yes.
Can my MacBook withstand Blender or Do I have to buy a Mac instead to withstand the software?
All computers involve design compromises. Laptops trade off performance and cooling for better portability, when you reach the design limits.
Blender has so much programs in the software it might overheat the MacBooks or Macs.
Computers have been running programs that saturate the processor and with heavy graphics usage for many years, and the worst that is expected to happen is throttling the clock down (to reduce heat, also reduces app performance) and/or throttling the fans up (to remove heat).
This is a generic system design: many Intel processors will throttle clock (down) and app performance (down) and fans (up) under load, too. This is also the foundation of the base clock speeds, and of what Intel calls Turbo. You’re going to get the base clock speed at most when all the cores are active. Burst or Turbo clock speeds, not so much.
As for your question… Ask the folks that run Blender. They know the app and its performance best.
Here are their system recommendations: https://www.blender.org/download/requirements/
Here’s a write-up on picking a Blender system: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/277104/what-computer-should-i-buy-for-blender-how-do-i-choose-hardware
Here’s where you’ll probably get better opinions: https://blenderartists.org/
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