this MacBook Pro with M2 chip Presented by Apple during WWDC 2022 is already in the hands of users. and with them first reviews It’s about her news that wasn’t positive at first. According to preliminary tests, the SSD of the entry model with the M2 chip of the MacBook Pro is slower than the model with the M1 chip.

The storage test evaluating the capacity of the SSD was performed on the Max Tech and Created Tech YouTube channels. Used Blackmagic Disk Speed ​​Test appallows users to test the performance and measure transfer speed of any internal or external storage on a Mac. However, contrary to expectations, The 256GB MacBook Pro M2 was worse in terms of storage speed.

The entry model of the MacBook Pro M2 has one major drawback

The comparison revealed that entry-level MacBook Pro M2 is 34% slower at write speed than M1the difference read speed up to 50%.

Created Tech decided to evaluate the internal components of the computer to explain the reason for this difference.

To do this, they removed the bottom case of the new 256GB MacBook Pro M2 and found this: has a single 256GB NAND chip, so it doesn’t quite hit the same SSD speeds as the previous-generation 13-inch MacBook Pro. **The MacBook Pro M1 has two 128GB NAND chips in its 256GB version**, making it possible to reach higher speeds in parallel.

for users a slow SSD means more time to load apps and transfer files. Despite the CPU and GPU improvements, it could mean the difference between upgrading to the MacBook Pro M2 and retaining the MacBook Pro M1. This is where Apple’s decision to perhaps save costs starts to hurt, at least for its entry models.

As for models with larger storage, tests have confirmed that SSD speeds are very similar to the M1 model.