M2 vs M1 Pro, Max and Ultra: Why Apple’s newest chip isn’t the best

Apple’s M2 is here. As expected, it’s a nice upgrade over the M1, but not revolutionary. There are improvements in every part of the System on Chip; the CPU, GPU, memory system, Neural Engine and media engine.

Clearly, the M2 is superior to the M1, but it now begs the question: is it worth buying a Mac with the M1 Pro, M1 Max or M1 Ultra anymore? Just because the second generation of Apple silicon is here, does that mean the first generation has reached the end of the line?

In general, the answer to that is going to be yes, with the differences becoming starker as you move up the performance stack. If anything, it’s those considering the M1