MacBook Neo Has Up to 8× Slower SSD Speeds Compared to New MacBook Pro

While the MacBook Neo achieves a breakthrough $599 starting price, that of people comes with some compromises, and 1 of them is slower SSD speeds.


The Verge contiguous said the MacBook Neo had up to 8× slower sustained SSD work and constitute speeds successful a benchmark trial compared to the caller MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. The tract did not notation which instrumentality it utilized to measurement SSD speeds, but it was apt Blackmagic's Disk Speed Test oregon AmorphousDiskMark.

Here is simply a examination of sustained SSD speeds, according to The Verge.



Mac (Chip/Capacity)
Read Speeds
Write Speeds

MacBook Neo (A18 Pro/256GB)	1,735 MB/s	1,684 MB/s
MacBook Air (M1/512GB)	3,422 MB/s	3,274 MB/s
MacBook Air (M5/1TB)	7,049 MB/s	7,480 MB/s
MacBook Pro (M5 Max/4TB)	13.6 GB/s	17.8 GB/s

With slower SSD speeds, transferring files to and from the MacBook Neo volition instrumentality longer, but this is simply a non-issue for galore customers. Even with a ample 100 GB file, a transportation whitethorn instrumentality up to a infinitesimal with a MacBook Neo, alternatively than astir 30 seconds with the latest MacBook Air, oregon 7-8 seconds with the latest MacBook Pro.

A slower SSD tin besides interaction wide performance, since apps footwear from the SSD, and due to the fact that the MacBook Neo volition temporarily usage SSD abstraction arsenic virtual representation erstwhile the laptop's existent 8GB of RAM is afloat used. But, the first MacBook Neo reviews person mostly indicated that the laptop's show is rather bully nonetheless.

The mean lawsuit purchasing a MacBook Neo is astir apt not reasoning astir SSD speeds to statesman with, and they volition apt ne'er announcement immoderate impact, but we person highlighted this accusation for customers who bash attraction astir this benignant of thing.

MacBook Neo launches this Wednesday.
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