Is this because swap, though very fast on Apple silicon, still isn’t as fast as RAM?Īnother thing is I noticed animations are entirely smooth. What’s strange is that when I went back to the YouTube video, I noticed it kinda played back a bit faster for a moment, like it was fast forwarding. Then I paused it and went back to the YouTube video. Then I let it play in the other tab, went back to Disney+ and resumed playback there. The video, I purposely played it at the highest resolution which was 4k if I remember correctly. However, one time I was watching Desperate Housewives on Disney+, paused it and when to watch a video on YouTube. So when I opened all the apps in the list above, and War Thunder (Intel) and ESO (Intel) at the same time, still no red! On Chrome, I’ve probably got around 50+ but I’m fine with closing Chrome as I don’t need it all the time.

On Safari, I used to have around 35 tabs, now reduced to 20-25. There were a few times it was red but only for like 1-2 seconds a very slim part of the chart. But no red.īut here’s the really cool and interesting thing: so far, I’m frustrated because I can never make it go red. I also noticed that though it may be yellow, it’s either the same height as the green or a higher. I’ve noticed that immediately after unlocking the Mac, it’s green but as soon as I click on any app to view the contents, it goes back to yellow. So I won’t go into too much details there but seems like swap and compression is about the same based on screenshots of the 16GB.Īs for the graph, it’s 90% of the time yellow. I also know people have said many times that the swap and compression numbers aren’t that important as what the memory pressure graph looks like. I also made sure I restarted at least once after the migration from the 2018 Pro. I’m trying out the 8GB M1 iMac model now and am trying to be fair, i.e.,apps are Apple silicon native if possible, and typical workload.

Numbers -> just usually one spreadsheet.This time, I’m questioning if I really need it or is 8GB enough? I also doubled the 2018 Pro but only because “I had always done so”. Was the longevity of the 2012 Air because I doubled the RAM? I only got the 2018 Pro because I was into gaming then + eGPU. I was very happy with the 2012 Air and honestly felt I could use it for another year or two. First, I’m sorry for yet another post as obviously this question is like beating a dead horse.

Imac 8gb vs 16gb ram