[Extreme choice] MacBookpro M4 32G + 512G and MacBookpro M4Pro 24G + 512G, how to choose for the same price?
by Poster
May 24, 2025
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I'm going to take advantage of this 618 to buy a new Mac. After reading a lot of community discussions on the whole network, I found that there is controversy about whether to give priority to CPU or memory. In summary, I recommend m4pro 24G accounts for 60%, and recommend m4 32G accounts for 40%. The gap is not particularly large.
Actual price paid after JD.com's national subsidy:
m4pro 24G, 14,214 yuan
m4 32G, 13,699 yuan
The two models are about the same price, on a budget. Still want to ask everyone, do you have any better suggestions?
My situation: Front-end development, sometimes start 3 ~ 4 projects and open dozens of web pages at the same time.
Here is the valuable discussion information I have read, and I hope to give you some reference:
M4 32G vs. M4 Pro 24G, the price is about the same, how should I choose? _ bili bili _ bilibili
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1B3qVYYEJG/
The blogger of this video is recommending M4 pro, but the comments are questionable.
@ Anonymous2628 The memory determines whether it can run or not, and the gpu determines how fast it runs. There is no situation where m4 can't run and m4pro can only run. It's just a little slower, but when the memory is insufficient, if it can't run, it just can't run.
MBP 32G M4 vs 24G M4Pro-V2EX
https://www.v2ex.com/t/1086885
@ Anonymous2629 Personally, I feel that the M4 Pro 24GB will be better. I feel that it really needs such extreme tasks, and 8GB storage is not much different... In terms of GPU, the M4 is not as good as the M1 Pro, and the GPU of the M4 Pro is almost close to that of the M2 Max. Sometimes it is good to play games when you are bored, and the CPU also has a few more large cores. Multi-core is almost twice as good as the M4. Anyway, if it were me, I would have no thought about the M4 Pro. I feel that the 8GB gap can be ignored with this performance span.
mbp finals M4 32 +512 or M4pro 24 +512? -V2EX
https://www.v2ex.com/t/1114931
Most replies still recommend priority memory.
M4 choose macbookpro m4 or M4 pro-V2EX
https://www.v2ex.com/t/1093600
@ Anonymous2630 Both machines, I have tried them for 14 days +, I have the right to speak, let me talk about the premise, I am full stack, docker, py, node, ts, nextjs, etc.
1. The gap between 32G and 24G is not obvious. The memory bandwidth of m4pro is very large and the scheduling is faster. Although 8g is less, swap can make up for it. Anti-bar: the gap is not obvious
2. Operating efficiency, obvious improvement, it obviously feels that the m4pro will open faster
3. Fan, m4 is single, m4pro is dual, m4 will be noisier than m4pro when doing heavy work, and the threshold is relatively low, it is easy to start, and it has many more sensing times than m4pro, m4pro basically has no sensing
4. Compared with 24g m4pro, 24g m4 is 2500 more, the overall performance is improved by nearly 80%, the memory bandwidth is improved by nearly 130%, and the scheduling efficiency is much higher. The friend above said that memory will fight for the future. Can Thunderbolt 5 also fight for the future on the expanded hard disk?
There are also 32g that can be raised, 24g can still be raised, the sense of boundaries is not that high, and the m4pro memory efficiency is higher
mbp finals M4 32 +512 or M4pro 24 +512? -V2EX
https://www.v2ex.com/t/1114931
Priority memory.
M4 32G vs M4 Pro 24G-Which To Choose? : r/macmini
https://www.reddit.com/r/macmini/comments/1gt48fr/m4_32g_vs_m4_pro_24g_which_to_choose/? tl = zh-hant
Unless you want to do large-scale LLM processing or professional-grade drawing work, 24GB is definitely enough. Even 16GB can be used for several years on Mac, and 24GB gives you more peace of mind.
Are you going to take it? I think 24GB should be enough to do most things. I will tend to choose the faster one with TB5.
I think 24GB is enough. The M4 Pro is super strong enough, dare I say it.
M4 32GB vs M4 pro 24GB: r/macmini
https://www.reddit.com/r/macmini/comments/1htd8hm/m4_32gb_vs_m4_pro_24gb/? tl = zh-hant
In your situation, I'd go with the Pro version and then a little less RAM. I think computing power is more important for you.
The Pro version can be used for a while. And it has Thunderbolt 5, so when you add an external hard drive, it will be much faster than the basic model.
Like you, I bought the base version of the M4 Pro (Christmas present). The silence of this thing hasn't gone wrong yet. Love it so much. I will never use a headback again. I've been a Windows powder all my life. I used a Mac when I took a graphic design class 20 years ago, but finally returned to Windows. Now the Win11 shenanigans have pulled me back into the world of Apple. I will always stay here!
Pro won't go out of style for a while. Plus, it comes with Thunderbolt 5, so when you add external storage, it's much faster than the base version.
Replies
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Anonymous2330 May 24, 2025Still using the full-stack development of i5 9600
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Anonymous428 May 24, 2025Of course it's the memory, m4 and m4pro, you can't tell the difference in daily use
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Anonymous2799 May 24, 2025This budget is recommended to fill up the M1Pro 64G. I am also a front-end developer, and now 32G + 2T feels completely sufficient
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Anonymous2639 May 24, 2025Choose the one with pro, because you can open the cover and connect multiple external monitors = =
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Anonymous2800 May 24, 2025For personal use, for most current tasks, there is only one bottleneck: memory. For light tasks, the M1's small core is more than enough. For tasks that rely heavily on CPU, such as compilation, even M1 is enough. Just wait a few more minutes, just enough to get up and have a rest. But this kind of task belongs to low frequency after all. Therefore, choose the one with large memory.
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Anonymous2801 May 24, 2025My situation: Front-end development, sometimes start 3 ~ 4 projects and open dozens of web pages at the same time. —————— Buy m4 + 32G If you often take it with you, it is even more recommended to buy an MBA
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Anonymous2802 May 24, 2025Give priority to memory. The difference between m4 and m4pro is not that big for programmers.
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Anonymous2305 May 24, 2025@ Poster I think the m4 32 version is more suitable, and I would like to consider it. Could you please tell me the purchase link of JD.com's national subsidy?
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Anonymous2803 May 24, 2025Mobile terminal development m4+16GB, usually open multiple Cursors, open multiple web pages, one/multiple AS, need to restart every few days, it is stuck
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Anonymous2803 May 24, 2025@ Anonymous2803 Under the same situation, it is not as good as m1pro+16GB,
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Anonymous2804 May 24, 2025Give priority to memory. There is no difference between m4 and m4pro in daily use. Since you are so entangled, why not add another 2200 budget and buy m4pro 48G + 512G to avoid uncomfortable use in the future
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Anonymous779 May 24, 2025There must be a lot of memory, needless to say. Apple memory and storage have always been gold, cpu has always been cabbage
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Anonymous2805 May 24, 2025m4pro 24g There is a big gap between 8 cores and 4 cores, and there is also a 16-core gpu Don't look at the memory, mod q diligently Now that Apple's hardware is at the bottom, it is very likely that the scale and replacement will be piled up, as well as the mold bangs, and the impact of screen dragging should be slow. These are all new features left for the future. The iteration cycle is very short. The m5 mac may already be in production and the m6 is tape-out Look at the current m3, no one wants a 30% discount. The price of the official memory is the same when it is replaced and recycled. Now it is suitable for the most beggar one. The first channel is discounted, and then it can return 60% of the blood every other year. Cook uses the mentality of making mobile phones to make computers, which is itself a fierce pit on mac. Anyway, he doesn't care in the future At present, the large memory machine is amd 395 128 g, and the cost of a single chip costs the manufacturer five or six thousand to get the goods. When it is reduced to less than 10,000 by the end of the year, it will be invincible
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Anonymous2806 May 24, 2025m1 MAX 64G 1T +
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Anonymous2636 May 24, 2025M4 32G memory first
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Anonymous2807 May 24, 2025When I open the total memory in IDEA, I already use 22G
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Anonymous46 May 24, 2025@ Anonymous2805 This generation of M4 is equipped with quantum dots, which has greatly improved the screen smear problem and is already miniled. The next generation will directly replace OLED, but not everyone likes OLED. In addition, the big discount of M3 is due to the addition of memory + national subsidy, and the rest of the improvements are incidental. Unless you think the next generation M5 will significantly increase the memory capacity of the beggar version again, it is difficult to expect the next generation to be heavily discounted
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Anonymous2642 May 24, 2025Just bought M4 24G + 512G, national subsidy + education discount, 7799 yuan
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Anonymous46 May 24, 2025If you choose M4Pro, it is strongly recommended to add more than 2000 to 48G. This is simply the most value-for-money upgrade of this generation
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Anonymous8348 May 24, 2025[I found that there is controversy about whether to give priority to CPU or memory]. How did I find that the vast majority of people in the forum suggest memory priority? Basically, it is recommended to fill up the memory within the budget.