The multimedia test of the Apple MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48 GB

MacBook Pro M4 pro, 48GB.

For about a month I have been testing the latest MacBook Pro, now powered by the fourth generation of Apple Silicon chip. So I submitted to the question this MacBook Pro powered by an M4 Pro chip (with 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU and 16-core Neural Engine) supported by 48 GB of RAM… It makes sparks!

As already explained in these first impressions, to speed up the startup, as suggested by Apple, I restored a Time Machine backup. We therefore find his MacBook Pro in almost the same condition as its previous model. Still so appreciable,

Beware of cloud backups

As I have already said, what is a little less remarkable are the difficulties encountered with cloud services, such as Microsoft’s OneDrive, Google Drive and especially Infomaniak’s KDrive. I should point out that it took me a fair amount of patience and several installation/uninstallation attempts before I was certain that everything was in sync.

Without going into details, you should know that most of these services are partly managed by macOS. In particular, you must pay particular attention to the files in your user folder and those in the CloudStorage folder which is located in the Library. For details on this point, I refer to the beginning of my test.

First impressions and first tests

On a daily basis, after a month of use, I confirm that the keyboard remains very pleasant and that the 14-inch Liquid Retina XDR LCD screen has its full effect with its resolution of 3024 x 1964 pixels. On the connectivity side, the three Thunderbolt 5s should be noted. The TouchBar, on the other hand, I still miss compared to my MacBook Pro, but we’re getting organized…

Using CapCut, I was able to see the extreme power of the machine. We are far from these medieval Intel-based machines which waste us considerable time every day and which literally burn our knees. To take my tests further, I first submitted this machine and my MacBook Pro to Geekbench 6.

Up to 10 times more powerful

In a few minutes, comparable values are obtained. On my Intel MacBook Pro, I get processor and multiprocessor values of 1330/4670 points while I climb to 3868/22493 on the MacBook M4 Pro. Basically, we multiply by five. For comparison, on my son’s gaming PC, which is around two years old and is powered by an Intel Core i7 12^e generation at 3.6 GHz and 64 GB of RAM, we reach 2547/15,724 points.

When it comes to graphics performance, the differences are even more impressive. My old MacBook must be satisfied with around 6597 points while the M4 version from the end of 2024 reaches 69,850 points, or around ten times more. Obviously, the RTX3080 Ti graphics card and 64 GB of DDR5 RAM of the gaming PC mentioned above reaches 192,008 points.

MacBook Pro 2024.

MacBook Pro 2024 charger.

MacBook Pro 2024.

And in reality?

Let’s start with my experience in Premiere Pro 2025, Adobe’s popular editing software. On my old MacBook, it took me about a minute and three seconds to process and export a 40-second video clip. On my new MacBook M4 Pro, I completed the same export task in 21 seconds, a division by three.

So what will some people say to me? The difference in power and productivity is probably most noticeable in everyday use. We hardly wait for anything. Opening files, switching from one application to another or even surfing the internet is extremely fast, as is working in Photoshop 2025 or CapCut Pro, etc.

A remarkable record

In practice, we also see that we work in silence, where the latest Intel MacBook regularly uses a “noisy” fan as soon as the slightest request, a little more demanding, calls upon its processor. An appreciable difference which also results in an incredible gain in autonomy. When we activate the energy saving world we reach between 10 and 20 hours for low to medium use.

In conclusion, I can only congratulate myself on having made this choice even if Wi-Fi 7 is missing. On the multimedia side, we also appreciate the new integrated Full HD webcam which gives good results, even in unfavorable light conditions. Finally, the integrated SD card reader, like the MagSafe plug, are also appreciable improvements.

As since my first steps in computing several decades ago, I have always favored powerful machines to save time and increase efficiency. With such a laptop, we are far from certain speeches still made today on digitalization. Indeed, digital is not just a concept. Benefiting from an up-to-date machine designed for local processing of artificial intelligence (AI), for example, makes things a lot easier…