A solid case study comparing the new iMac Pro, iMac 5K, a 2013 Mac Pro, two flavors of 2010 Mac Pro.
Just one example: In the Final Cut Pro X export test, the iMac Pro is three times as fast as the 2010 Mac Pro. How far we’ve come. Makes me really curious about the performance we’ll (hopefully) see in the 2018 Mac Pro.
For ~$1,500 more you get 4 more cores, cool dark color scheme, and ~25-50% boost in performance. Sure would like a matching second screen
Interestingly, the iMac Pro is only a bit faster in some benchmarks (and in one case slower) than the 7+ year old Mac Pro 2010 with an upgraded video card.
The Video Cards were always the Mac Pro’s weakest link. Everything else can be upgraded to state of the art kit, except the video cards.
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i‘d bet we won‘t see a new mac pro before 2019