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That might have been the case 15 years ago, when software was specifically written to work with the different CPU architecture. Nowadays it's Intel and so any I
by martin_a 7y ago
That might have been the case 15 years ago, when software was specifically written to work with the different CPU architecture. Nowadays it's Intel and so any Intel (or AMD) CPU will perform just as good as the Mac Pro CPUs with these tasks.
- NoPicklez 7y agoYou do know that the Mac Pro's CPU is Intel right? Check out the machine and see the amount of other hardware components that can be attached to it that makes it outshine a PC for its use case. The spec'd up Mac Pro is a complete beast. It can run upto 1.5TB's of memory at 140GB/s, it has eight PCIE slots that can include two Radeon Pro Vega II Duo MPX Module's that provide 32GB of video memory per GPU that cranks out 28 teraflops of computing power per duo which is 56 teraflops with both modules installed. The 2080 Ti only puts out 14 teraflops. Remember, these are designed for video editing, image processing and graphics design. PS: I am a PC builder and avid fan of PC's.
- martin_a 7y ago> You do know that the Mac Pro's CPU is Intel right? That was my point. ;-) I don't think that Adobe or others are still optimizing their software to run better on Mac OS. How would they? Any Mac is a (special) configuration of parts from the shelves of Intel and alike. I think it was different with the PowerPC architecture where you could do things differently internally. The Mac Pro surely is a beast but I think you could configure/build other workstations to have the same amount of power.
- NoPicklez 7y agoFair enough, sorry my "You do know xxx right?" was a little crude. I was under assumption that the Apple software (Final cut etc) had special drives for the graphics elements. Then again, that would become EOL quicker than you can poke a stick at it.