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iMac 2020 Reviews And Benchmarks - The Last Intel iMac
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Or my favorite methodology, “run the benchmark x times and report the highest result”.
LOL always a very popular method for sure! and filmak, I suspect you are also right on the RAM and the indexing. I just wish there was standardized methods or at least if these reviewers were more scientific or at least transparent in how they get these figures. Look at how methodical DaakuMaujii was in his method. I wish there was at least a link or some description below on how exactly they were going about their benchmarks or its more difficult to compare one i7 even to another persons i7 let alone to another type of processor or generation of processor.
10 core i9 w/ 5700 XT vs 12 core Mac Pro w/ Radeon Pro Vega II.
Wow the 10 core i9 w/ 5700 XT is a beast!!! 😆
Different memory configurations and benchmarks.
2020 iMac 5K 8-core - memory tester
real world speed test results for performance minded Macintosh users
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2020 iMac i9 10-core, 5500XT, 64GB memory (best scores from 3 runs each)
Geekbench 5 CPU: 1348/9916
Geekbench 5 Open CL: 41134
Geekbench 5 Metal: 43352
Cinebench 20: 5739
This thing ABSOLUTELY EATS through HEVC encoding. I think it must be the T2 chip. What used to take ~5 hours on my Late 2015 iMac i7 now takes ~2 hours.
Geekbench 5 CPU: 1348/9916
Geekbench 5 Open CL: 41134
Geekbench 5 Metal: 43352
Cinebench 20: 5739
This thing ABSOLUTELY EATS through HEVC encoding. I think it must be the T2 chip. What used to take ~5 hours on my Late 2015 iMac i7 now takes ~2 hours.
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iMac 5700 XT vs. Acer Quadro 4000
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Apple's new iMac is near-perfect – but in 2020 it really has no right to exist
The iMac is a near-perfect desktop for 2D creatives – but in 2020 it really has no right to exist at all.
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iMac 5700 XT vs. Acer Quadro 4000
Apple's new iMac is near-perfect – but in 2020 it really has no right to exist
The iMac is a near-perfect desktop for 2D creatives – but in 2020 it really has no right to exist at all.
That review IMHO is a farce. The guy seems to focus more on the fact it is an AIO which he is not a fan of and prefers a tower design. Sure there was performance numbers thrown in, but it was sandwiched in between his AIO form factor hating. Let's also not ignore the 5700 XT does not have HBM2 VRAM as he stated....
Sure I would love a Mac Pro with consumer parts as well. But if you're going to review something, please don't let your bias show......
It's for "2-D creatives", really? Funny that I'm using mine beautifully with Blender. Don't tell my iMac what it can or can't do! loliMac 5700 XT vs. Acer Quadro 4000
Apple's new iMac is near-perfect – but in 2020 it really has no right to exist
The iMac is a near-perfect desktop for 2D creatives – but in 2020 it really has no right to exist at all.
To be honest I didn't waste my time reading the review . I jumped straight to the benchmarks to see if they were interesting. I agree that the review itself was bad.
Don’t ya just love it when some clown reviews what something is not. It isn’t as if Apple has been making all-in-ones since 1983 (or 1980 if you count the Apple III). Oh wait…iMac 5700 XT vs. Acer Quadro 4000
Apple's new iMac is near-perfect – but in 2020 it really has no right to exist
The iMac is a near-perfect desktop for 2D creatives – but in 2020 it really has no right to exist at all.
As I'm heading for a new iMac too, found this one for Blender. Sure, can't give it a try now, but saw some users having tried it out (although I think they were on eGPUs... not sure about this...)
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I love my macs and want to use them all the time.As I'm heading for a new iMac too, found this one for Blender. Sure, can't give it a try now, but saw some users having tried it out (although I think they were on eGPUs... not sure about this...)
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However a PC is far far better for rendering in my opinion.
I have spent a fortune on all the Macs - IMac, IMac Pro, Macbookpro. [all maxed out at purchased], and not one holds a candle to my custom built PC [that was cheaper.....]
I am hopeful M chips may swing this argument, but GPU rendering with an RTX GPU is awesome [I only have a 2080 Super]. When I stick the 3090 in my computer it will be crazy.
Macs are great for certain tasks, and I use them for what they are good for. GPU rendering is not one of them.
But I will leave it here - if you are just tinkering then yes a mac is great. If you run a business like me and time is money, then PC all the way for visuals.
Hi, yeah, I agree to overall performance comparison Max vs custom build PC. In my workflow it's kind of different, cause I can stand bit less performance while doing the whole setup of a project (e.g. modelling, texturing and preparing animations etc). If it comes to final renderings, there's always a headroom planned for render farms in the projects I use to work. And in case of production prerendering e.g. for proxies, mockups or previews, my Mac usually is sent to some extra nightshift ;-) So there's always a way out of every misery (although of course, having hires and nearly final stuff done before saves a lot of imagination works – and sometimes prevents errors tat might harm deadlines of course, too!
Did you read the last sentence on my post?
And my 2080 Super spanks the workstation W5700 I bought for my macs in the same apps.
All posts on these forums are about opinion. Yes the w5700 is ok, but whats the point if you can get far better for less money?
when time is paid, it makes no sense to be using tools that hold you back. My macs have been doing this, and using RTX cards has been fantastic.
I am not arguing for PC over Macs but really it is a none argument when it comes to GPU rendering, in my view.
thats ok, so are you.That's ok, as long as you are generalizing without any specific information.
And I am certainly not about to waste time trying to prove it. You stick with GPU rendering on your mac, doesnt bother me one bit.
And there's the problem. You never listed what "all" is nor have you listed the context (your uses).
When/if you do that, I'm sure to list the ones you haven't tried. I've a feeling that I have a lot more experience in this — which is why I find your claims so funny.
I suppose its normal for numbers to drop, but my Cinebench and Nova bench scores have each fallen a bit since the original purchase. I've also noticed one of my programs, vectorworks, now takes about 45 seconds to open, as opposed to 30 seconds initially.
You can (and should) Reset Launch Services now and then. This not only resets it for the System but also for each App. It's one of the many tools in Onyx but you can also run the following in Terminal.
Reset Launch Services
- Open Terminal and run these commands:
- sudo /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -seed -lint -r -f -v -dump -domain local -domain system -domain user -domain network
- killall Dock
- sudo mdutil -E /
- Restart your Mac
Definitely do this if your system hangs at all after a Security Update. I run it about once a year or so and my apps open faster after I do.