Question: Same monitor & Same Settings, but using PRO instead of Air

Donux

Could someone help to make an assessment whether PRO models of macbooks have exactly the same GPU as Air, apart from some artificially impose limitations such as single monitor support. In effect meaning that if you have issues with Air using external monitor, you will have the same issues using PRO machine, as it has nothing much different going on and Air is not stripped off version of a "proper" GPU. This is all in connection to apple silicon, intel models are out of question.

This is one forum that actually says Air m2 has issues with or without external monitors, https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/eyeball-agony-with-new-air-m2-even-with-external-monitor.2379694/. That is why I am eager to clarify this whether this is actually true, or if people who end up buying pro will be in the same position as with air.

macsforme

From my understanding, other than core count, the GPUs should be the same between MacBook Pro and Air models with the same model of chip (base, Pro, Max, Ultra).

At one point I read a die analysis which suggested that total monitor support was tied to the number of hardware components within each model of chip (two for base, three for Pro, etc.). I believe it is a new feature of the M3 (base) MacBook Air to allow two external monitors to be utilized when the internal display is off via clamshell mode, but perhaps this will come to the MacBook Pro as well via a firmware update.

JTL

macsforme At one point I read a die analysis which suggested that total monitor support was tied to the number of hardware components within each model of chip

I recall that as well