MP 7,1 Mac Pro 2019 vs Macbook Pro 16" (performance)

[Successful Sorcerer]

My macbook pro throttles much faster than a mac pro, especially when rendering and stuff like that. It's fast for a little while then it drops. So that's a big pro for the pro. And Adobe being not optimised is a thing of the past as far as I know. They focussed on single core for a while but they've made huge steps past years.

 

[eicca]

Multi core is where MP shines. I picked up a 2010 cMP as an “upgrade” from my 2011 MBP. Single core wise, there are some things where the cMP is actually slower, but this is mainly just in dinky little tasks.

For media production though, it obliterates everything else I’ve ever used, and that’s why I bought it. My MBP did literally everything fine except for Logic and Final Cut. Took forever to render or bounce output files and just bogged down so bad during editing. The cMP takes it without a flinch.

So it really does depend on what aspect of your usage you’re looking to improve.

 

[diego9]

It might also be that your eGPU is not utilized to its full extend. From what I have read about the subject there's a performance difference between hooking it up to drive the displays and just having it hang off the system. Also if you haven't done so already - make sure to set the preferences in Resolve to use the GPU you want and test with Metal vs OpenCL.

DaVinci Resolve is eGPU-aware, so it doesn't need to be set to prefer eGPU or to be used on the monitor connected to the eGPU (even though it was, in my case). Any app capable of asking you which GPU you want to use doesn't need any other configuration or special setup.