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The iMac Pro currently uses some pretty high-powered x86 processors, so I have a hard time imagining that will switch over soon. The others though seem reasona

• runjake 6y ago
  Have you seen the benchmarks between the iMac Pro and the chips in the recent iPads Pro? Now take away the space, power, and heat constraints of the iPad Pro. Edit: wow, this touched a nerve and got downvoted into oblivion. Well, here's a benchmark for the latest iPad Pro: https://browser.geekbench.com/ios_devices/58 https://browser.geekbench.com/ios_devices/58 And the iMac Pro: https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/imac-pro-late-2017 https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/imac-pro-late-2017 The single-core scores are about equal -- even though the iMac Pro is averaging a higher clock rate. And at 18 cores, the iMac Pro trounces the iPad Pro's 8 cores, but again, heat and space constraints.
  • lliamander 6y ago
    An interesting argument, but even if the 8-core iPad processor could achieve somewhat higher performance without thermal/power constraints, it's nowhere near enough to bridge that multi-core score performance gap. Adding more cores isn't necessarily an option for Apple yet either, considering that (from what I understand) their yields are relatively low because it's hard to make chips that large on such a small node. Even more cores means lower yields and greater costs. I'm not saying the iMac Pro won't get there, but I highly doubt it will be a part of this first wave.
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