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FCPX performance on M1 chip
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I am very interested to see some performance numbers for 4k 10 bit hevc. The current macs leave a lot to be desired. I think they top out at around 30-60fps. Given nvidia's significant speed advantage, I am hoping Apple Silicon can speed this up a great deal. The info shown so far seems inconclusive.
This makes sense and what I suspected Would happen. Geekbench does not measure this. These apps take advantage of the acceleration hardware which does not exist on Intel chips.
Apple has been suspiciously coy about benchmarks because they dont want to tip thier hats ro the shock and awe that will happen when the Apple silicon workstation chips arrive.
Apple has been suspiciously coy about benchmarks because they dont want to tip thier hats ro the shock and awe that will happen when the Apple silicon workstation chips arrive.
Judging from the fan being silent, I’d say the stutters he experienced are probably from the lack of a bigger memory.
I'm confused which machine took 30 seconds that is being compared to the MBP vs the iMac Pro??
Thanks for the post! I do a lot of photography using a Canon 5d mkiv and Sony A73, and built a desktop this year to do my RAW processing and video. I won’t get into the build details unless interested, but it’s based upon an AMD Ryzen 3900.
I miss my Mac! My 2015 MBP just wasn’t up to the task, so I ordered the M1 MBP with 16GB / 1 TB last week so I can do my work away from home.
For what I use it for, it’s looking good (fingers crossed). Needed to upgrade anyway.
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I just HAD to give Google translate a try. As George would say “OH MY”
it was a 1080P 60, the MBA or MBP could be using the low power 4 cores.
A 4k60 file would have been a different story
I know this thread title is about FCPX but I'm curious about Premiere and After Effects (i know rosetta) but just wondering if those are usable.
Well have to see real testing of 8 vs 16 to see if there’s a bottleneck and how much. 16 might do even better than these numbers.
Huh? Disappointed that they were roughly 30% faster on a machine that costs $1000 and has a 15 hour battery.
This is not really a great test as its just a single clip export. There is no complex effects or transitions which I'd guess is where we are really going to see the M1 is going to shine.
The MacBook Pro in 2014 STARTED at $2000 and has around the same processing power as the 10th gen i5 that is powering the 2020 intel MacBook Pro 13 (which is still $500 more).
Nothing close to an Apples to Apples test.
I am confused by your comment. I thought the comparisons were against the iMac Pro which is not even existing in 2014. And that iMac Pro starts at $5000
No he is saying the M1 has 4 big cores to do hard work and 4 little ones for light work. 1080p 60 video might be considered light so the little cores work on it. Hence not much of a speed difference compared to the 2014 MBP. 4K 60 is harder so the big cores take that task on and make light work of it where the 2014 MBP would really struggle more.
Agreed. Game over for Intel indeed. Super happy that my MBA is arriving Nov 17th.
Wow. Now THIS is what I'm talking about. From what I can tell, it destroys iMac Pro.