This will sound crazy, but at work I have the 4gb and 395x and at home I have the 2gb 395 (both Late 2015 5K) and I swear my iMac at home processes things faster, especially photoshop files and filters I load for them.
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M395 vs M395X (2 GB vs 4 GB) – Is it even noticeable?
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Are the other components similar, i.e., both use Fusion drives and have the same amount of ram. If you have an SSD on your home computer and a hard drive on your work, the home computer will be faster.
Editing 4k H264 video is very challenging on any hardware or software. You want the fastest machine possible, but even that won't be fast enough. The 395X makes a modest difference but you need every iota of performance obtainable. Below are some benchmarks I ran, with the M395 tests by another MacRumors poster:
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-cSSd4cn/0/O/i-cSSd4cn.jpg
If possible I'd recommend waiting until the iMac 27 is updated, hopefully early next year, and get whatever the top-spec version is. It will probably have a significantly faster GPU.
Yes, I exchanged for the another iMac with 395x and the performance is exactly the same as the 395.
but between M390 and M395, what are the most differences there? Then M390 should be aaalmost equally as good as the 395 or no?
also been considering an external eGPU TB enclosure and a GTX1070 card or a Titan when it comes out later...or just the RX480 8GB card...we'll see. Future.
also been considering an external eGPU TB enclosure and a GTX1070 card or a Titan when it comes out later...or just the RX480 8GB card...we'll see. Future.
From what little I know the 395x is only going to help you in game playing and maybe another use case scenario.