I ran a test on Stata running speed on my newest MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) and two old Macs—iMac (27-inch, 2019) and MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019).

Technical specifications:

  • MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021): CPU Apple M1 Pro (10-core), memory 16G, SSD 1T
  • iMac (27-inch, 2019): CPU Intel i9-9900K (3.6GHz 8-core), memory 64G, SSD 1T
  • MackBook Pro (16-inch, 2019): CPU Intel i9-9880H (2.3 GHz 8-core), memory 16G, SSD 1T

The Stata code I tested includes some simple commands only, such as loop, egen, and merge. As I’m using Stata SE, the single-core performance of the three Macs should be the most important determinant.

MacBook Pro (2021) took 65.71 seconds to complete the test, while iMac (2019) took 96.59 seconds and MacBook Pro (2019) 117.16 seconds.

I’m surprised to see this result. The M1 Pro chip seems a beast!

 

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