1300 dollar dollar Mac mini outperforms my 4000 dollar 2017 iMac for video.

[hugodrax]

This 1300 dollar Mini destroys my 2017 iMac I paid 4K for (4.2ghz cpu, Radeon 580 card). Actually the 700 dollar model would do the same, I just added 16gb ram to the build and 1tb SSD brought the price up.

Video is dead smooth when scrubbing and doing grading/live effects on the Mini M1, where as the 27inch iMac it is choppy and the GPU goes to 100% where as in the mini it tops at 50%

I think this unified memory is definitely the magic sauce here. It is obvious that what hurts performance on the iMac is having to duplicate efforts and move/copy data across two pools.

But the GPU on the Mac mini is a beast, who knows what else goes on in the background. so 1,300 dollars you get a dead silent box that is smooth as butter when editing and everything is immediate. I now notice the big difference over-all on the 2017 I guess I got used to it but the video editing performance is out of this world on this mini it just loafs. Super Impressed.

This has to be embarrassing for Intel, even the CPU on the Mini loafs compared to the monster i7 4.2ghz processor.

More torture testing, opening and playing a complex 48 track Logic project and editing video LOL> Smooth as butter and CPU not sweating it. (also a bunch of other stuff open ie LR,Pixelmator pro etc..)

 

[LancesUK]

Are you using 3rd party plugins in Logic? If so, are you running Logic under Rosetta for better stability? I’ve been following videos about this very closely. Any info about this heavy Logic session you mentioned would be appreciated.

 

[Jpoon]

I am having the same sort of experience - I have access to the Mac Pro (Late 2019) at work and surprisingly I am logging into those less and less since my M1 MacBook Air shipped last week.

 

[eicca]

Man, making my 2010 Mac Pro feel bad...

Oh what the heck I already figured. I just need the money now.

 

[JohnnyGo]

Man, making my 2010 Mac Pro feel bad...

Oh what the heck I already figured. I just need the money now.

Apple has given a way for people to finally leave their old cheese graters behind !!!

Trade-in your cMP for a free 1TB SSD upgrade on the M1 Mac mini

 

[hugodrax]

Are you using 3rd party plugins in Logic? If so, are you running Logic under Rosetta for better stability? I’ve been following videos about this very closely. Any info about this heavy Logic session you mentioned would be appreciated.

Right now Unfortunately still stuck on the iMacs running Mojave due to UAD Apollo X Interfaces and the Genelec GLM not being supported.

So what I did was grab a project and ran it native and swapped out to native logic plug ins primarily for testing. Vocals, Live recordings (ie drums etc) I would not recommend the M1 line yet until the vendors are 100% on board by then a M2 model will probably be out. (especially when you are dealing with clients etc)

I will say the direction Apple is taking with this new M CPU technology is definitely the way forward. Once UAD has support I will hook up an Apollo X Interface and start testing.

So far I am really impressed with these "First gen" models

 

[GlryX]

Agreed, this is quite impressed for gen 1!

 

[TheMadBrewer]

This 1300 dollar Mini destroys my 2017 iMac I paid 4K for (4.2ghz cpu, Radeon 580 card). Actually the 700 dollar model would do the same, I just added 16gb ram to the build and 1tb SSD brought the price up.

<deletia>

I was going to replace my 2017 iMac this fall but the new model didn't inspire me. I love my M1 MBA and now I'm thinking of an M1 mini to tide me over until the M1 iMac (or equivalent). I have a nice USB-C dock I bought from Hyper that I haven't used yet (assuming it works ) for all the misc crap I have plugged into USB-A

 

[Erehy Dobon]

Well, that's the point.

Apple couldn't just release an Apple Silicon Mac that was "as good as" or "slightly better" than the Intel Mac it replaced. My guess is that their prototype units were "as good as" 3-4 years ago and "slightly better than" 2-3 years ago.

Apple needed to knock this out of the park.

Note that today Intel came out with a presentation saying how AMD throttles Ryzen mobile CPUs on battery thus resulting in poorer performance. Intel gingerly did not address the M1.

 

[hugodrax]

Well, that's the point.

Apple couldn't just release an Apple Silicon Mac that was "as good as" or "slightly better" than the Intel Mac it replaced. My guess is that their prototype units were "as good as" 3-4 years ago and "slightly better than" 2-3 years ago.

Apple needed to knock this out of the park.

Note that today Intel came out with a presentation saying how AMD throttles Ryzen mobile CPUs on battery thus resulting in poorer performance. Intel gingerly did not address the M1.

The top brass at Intel have missed the signs, I also suspect they hit a wall with the x86 architecture and a smaller node might not be the answer.