Now that we’ve gone through some numbers, there is one key area that makes the 2019 Mac Pro tremendous: flexibility.
The same will hold true of a Mac Pro with exponentially faster performance.
For example, the existing M1 Max with 64GB of RAM also shares this with the GPU VRAM, removing the middleman and increasing speed. One key benefit of having a SoC is that the communication between parts is much faster and more efficient. But the results with GPU workflows provide a glimpse at what a Mac Pro with Apple silicon will need to do to excel with GPU-based workflows.Ĭurrent rumors point to a future Mac Pro having as many as 40 CPU cores and 128 GPU cores, along with considerably more RAM. Given Apple’s dominance now in ProRes, it’s no surprise it is such a vital part of their Mac strategy that immediately differentiates performance from existing higher-priced workstations. The M1 Macs? They make easy work of them because of the included hardware decoders, bypassing the need for brute force GPU oomph. One important point in demonstrating the M1’s current capabilities: Codecs like 10-bit 422 4K from the Canon R5 have been known to cripple systems such as the Mac Pro and even Threadripper RTX 3090-equipped rigs. An Apple silicon version of the Mac Pro with scalable GPU performance should close the gap further or even beat the existing performance of monster GPUs such as the AMD W6800x Duo in GPU heavy applications. Having said that, the M1 Max is still a huge leap over the original M1, and impressive even with the R3D Raw codec, considering the price and inclusive hardware. 3D applications and GPU renderers such as Octane X are still faster when using GPUs.
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The Mac Pro Afterburner card is not used and the ProRes advantage of the M1 Max is wiped out.įor now, professional GPU-heavy workflows still need to rely on computers such as the Mac Pro, since the M1 Max is still behind in that metric. This is the hardware comparison without the ProRes magic–brute force capabilities of each are revealed. At first glance, the M1 Max’s 10-core CPU and 32-core GPU seem paltry by comparison, but they are accompanied by secret weapons: two ProRes encoders and decoders built into the M1 Max. The top-end Intel Mac Pro has a 28-core Xeon W CPU and has options for an Afterburner accelerator card and high-performing graphics cards. Understanding the past-or actually, what’s currently available with the Mac Pro now-will allow us to better appreciate Apple’s vision. Will optimizations in codecs such as ProRes, coupled with having a super-fast interconnected SoC be enough for the next Mac Pro to overcome the reliance on GPU processing? What optimizations does the M1 Max have that will dictate the demise of the old Intel guard? One important battle will come down to the graphics processor, which is traditionally the most power-hungry Achilles’ heel of workstations. When it comes to pro Macs, however, the model that most readily comes to mind is the Mac Pro, Apple’s high-end workstation. The entire company’s consumer lineup is outfitted with the incredibly fast M1, and with the recent release of the M1 Pro and Max in the MacBook Pro, we got a taste of what Apple can do with its silicon to meet the performance demands that pro users put on high-end Macs. Apple is in the midst of a two-year rollout of its own Mac processors, with the first Mac System on a Chip (SoC) blowing away expectations.
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