Civ 6 - M2 Pro or Max?

[enc0re]

It's time for me to upgrade my M1 Mac mini, which runs Civ OK on very low settings. For unrelated reasons, I need to get at least an M2 Pro. Going forward I will game in 4K.

How big is the difference in Civ between M2 Pro and M2 Max, i.e. should I go up to a Mac Studio?

I would welcome personal experience or reviews/benchmarks that are Civ-specific. I'm familiar with the theoretical differences in the chips and the generic benchmarks (e.g. Geekbench Metal).

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

There's no difference. Civ is a CPU focused game not a GPU focused one, and the CPU in the Pro and Max chips are the same. Plus, Civ 6 was a game you could already run at high settings with the vanilla M1.

 

[enc0re]

There's no difference. Civ is a CPU focused game not a GPU focused one, and the CPU in the Pro and Max chips are the same. Plus, Civ 6 was a game you could already run at high settings with the vanilla M1.

I’m running on M1 at the moment and definitely have to be on low-medium to not get choppy frame rates.

On my Windows machine (9900K+RTX2070), I can run on almost-all ultra graphics. But my GPU is highly utilized.

 

[nohatjim]

My problem isn’t frame rate but turn time. On my old MacBook Pro i7 I find late game turns take forever. What bench marks are you getting on AI late game

 

[padams35]

Notebookcheck.com has a good collection of game specific benchmarks and they show an M1 Pro delivers +50% better Civ6 framerates on low/medium/high settings and +60% better framerates on the ultra preset with 4xMSAA vs a basic M1.

Sadly they are missing M1/M2 Max results for Civ6, but since Civ6 seems to hit diminishing returns faster than expected vs other games I wouldn't expect a massive improvement.

 

[enc0re]

Notebookcheck.com has a good collection of game specific benchmarks and they show an M1 Pro delivers +50% better Civ6 framerates on low/medium/high settings and +60% better framerates on the ultra preset with 4xMSAA vs a basic M1.

Sadly they are missing M1/M2 Max results for Civ6, but since Civ6 seems to hit diminishing returns faster than expected vs other games I wouldn't expect a massive improvement.

Thanks! Yeah, that's my problem. I have to get an M2 Pro minimum anyway (HDMI). I'm trying to figure out how much more a M2 Max would bring to the table.