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I maxed out everything, aside form the hardrive and the nano textured screen. The i9 may only give you a 17% increase but if you plan on messing with 6k and 8k footage it’s going to be worth it.
Yeah considering apple went intel for this last gen mac pro it makes perfect sense a mainstream chip with 2 less cores and alot more frequency kills it.
I haven’t run any of these test but I’m happy with my setup and the performance. I opted out of the nano texture glass myself. Bought 3rd party ram and maxed it out to 128G. 5700XT graphics card, 10th gen 10 core i9 and the smaller 500gb drive. I have two 2gb Samsung x5 externals ssd’s and a couple t5 drives. My machine runs davinci like a dream.
For those interested I I have an i7 and 5700 (8gb, not the XT) and I get 89.2 fps in Unigine Heaven, Extreme presets and temperatures mostly from 60 celcius to going up to 80 celcius in the end. I did not think it was worth it (and it was outside my budget) with the 755 € upgrade to i9 and 5700XT for 7 more frames. I find it strange how all the reviews totally ignore the 5700 (non-XT) like it is not an option. I think it offers much better value than the XT, at least for gaming.
Thanks for sharing this info! I always thought that the 5700 has to be great value for the money. Would you be able to quickly run Geekbench 5 Metal and post the score? Would like to see how it compares to the 5500 XT and the top spec 5700 XT.
Also tried Heaven again. The fans turn somewhat loud in the last scenes and second round , before that they are quiet. But even then you barely hear them with sound on. Can’t hear them at all with headphones on. Max temperature in Heaven around 85 celsuis in the end, mostly 70-80.
Thanks again, Juho! Much appreciated! I'm very close to pulling the trigger and I will definitely go for the i7 with 5700. Just concerned with the idle noise levels as some folks on MacRumors were returning their machines. But it looks like it's virtually silent based on your reports and what Max Tech has shared as well.
I’ve been waiting for weeks for this video before purchasing and even started a thread in the macrumors forums about the 10 core 5700xt benchmarks and we were all patiently waiting until now! The video dropped earlier than expected and these numbers show some interesting info. I guess the 8 core and 5700xt is where it’s in terms of performance per dollar and also heat management and money savings! Keep up the great work guys! Can’t wait to see the gaming review and see how it stacks up against my Radeon pro 580 from 2017 iMac!
ricky v Thank You! I am upgrading from my 2017 5k iMac because it’s just not powerful enough and this is most likely the last intel Mac because the transition to arm and I don’t want to be apart of that from day 1 so investing now should have be good for many years and when software is fully optimized, we can then reassess the situation but for now, this iMac is awesome.
Would love to see how this performs in Logic, with some big sample libraries... I run Superior Drummer 3, but will also have some Kontakt orchestral libraries, as well as the Spitfire BBC SO pugin library. Along with some software synths, namely Alchemy, U-He Repro One and Five. My current i7 2014 iMac with 32GB struggles with this little lot, so looking to update. Will also be using this for 4K video so interested to see how FCP works with this.
Justin Avila I went with the $2299 option, standard glass, 10 core i9 processor, base graphics 5500xt, 8gb Ram (upgraded myself to 64gb OWC) and 1tb ssd storage. I shoot with a Nikon D850, 45.7 megapixel.
tonight...i ordered my i7 8-core with 5700XT (photo & video editing), 1 TB SSD (ordered another san disk extreme pro 2TB and the 64 GB RAM Kit) - BIG THANKS to you for great videos and nice channel (discovered & suscribed this week). Will be a huge upgrade to my Macbook Pro 2007 - i hope :-)
Wow, thank you so much. I was very confused whether to go for i7 or i9, with just this video, I am very confident I am going to choose the i7. Of course, the i9 is better, but not for the $400 price tag. Thank you guys for your AWESOME work. I have been following you people since the Apple Insider. Great Work!
My loaded iMac arrived last Friday and I have been using it heavily since then. I had mentioned my disappointment with the overall performance in the review of the 8-core. While it is fast - it isn’t as fast as I expected. The FCP performance is also far below my expectations - and I went all the way with 128GB ram. The system handles everything I throw at it - but it does get VERY hot - it just doesn’t get as fast as I thought it would based on the specs. I look forward to seeing how the future iMacs perform once they are off Intel. I have a feeling they are going to blow us away.
I've been waiting for this review so I could decide between the i7 and this i9....and....I still can't decide. I'll just have to wait to see more of your tests! 👍
Really like your buyers guide and the review on this new iMac 2020 27inchi.. these input allow me to finalise my decision in getting my 1st ever mac desktop :)
Thanks for testing the Apple machines, Max. I haven't seen anyone else go into such detail about testing Mac machines like you have. I'm glad to see Apple is doing better with cooling, though still a bit warm, and in turn, better with clock speeds. My 27" 5K Retina iMac from late 2015 runs hot as hell and doesn't clock well due to temps. I want to get a new iMac but I'm waiting to see what Apple does with the upcoming iMac's first, which will probably be a while but I can wait a little bit. I at least want to see if they update the chassis of the new iMac's and how well the new Apple Sillicon performs in them.
Great video with great results! Makes me happy I ordered the 10 core 5700XT with the 16gig. Should make my editing in Premiere Pro and After Effects much smoother then my old 2014 iMac. Should be arriving the beginning of next week.
When it is loud, just turn on some music to cover it. The GPU upgrade is definitely worthy that I render a blender project by 30 seconds with i9 10 cores, while do so by 5 second with 5700XT (remember to install Pro Render on MacOS).
What I'd really like to know is if the type of GPU has any effect on the CPU power and performance. So if there is a fixed total power budget and the 5700XT (presumably) uses more power than the 5500XT, does that effect the maximum wattage available for the CPU, and therefore the peak CPU performance (and fan noise). I wonder if that is why the i7 is using more power than the i9 in these tests, because it only has the 5500XT. I guess we won't know unless somebody gets 2 iMacs with the same CPU and different GPUs.
Great video, thanks! I maxed mine to the top and I don’t regret only gaining 10% better CPU performance because, what with 3+ new videos to release each week, it’s worth it to me over the lifetime of my Mac. 💯
Thanks for doing these tests, really appreciate seeing sustained frequency over a longer period and noise levels! Originally was going for the i9 with 64gb ram from OWC, but can save a bunch for a slight performance hit with the i7 and 32gb along with the 5700XT. Looking forward to more testing!
Excellent video. Please experiment with that Canon R5 footage on this thing, as an example of where it's at for handling H.265 4:2:2 8K in general. That's a BIG one for a lot of people...
Not really because there aren’t very many apps that out a 100% load on the cpu and gpu at the same time. But if anything, it could help if there are apps like that. We’ll test video editing.
I’d love to see some developer related benchmarks too - like the Xcode Benchmark you ran with the previous iMac. Also performance with respect to VMs like Parallels would be great to choose between 8xi7 or 10xi9.
We will definitely do the Xcode test with this machine. Not sure about VMs though, but the Xcode test and the Logic Pro rest will show the real world difference.
Hands down, you have the best Apple product reviews. The only thing I'd be happy to see more are some After Effects benchmarks are real-life performance tests. Other than that, thanks for this video and all your hard work!
I bought the 8 core with the 5700XT my own 64gig of ram and a 4TB SSD so I could split it in half. 2tb for Mac and 2tb for windows gaming. The performance is awesome, best iMac I've ever bought.
Just got my 8 Core i7, it's fantastic. I haven't tried it with any games because let's be honest, Apple's never been a great gaming machine but with Pixelmator Pro, and Logic Pro it's been pretty quick. I'm not even using my speakers/monitors for hookup as the iMac's built in speakers are good enough for most work and if I need it for Logic Pro I just put on the headphones which are also being used for my work phone system. Note on the memory, when I was an Apple Reseller, OWC had the best memory options and I'd go to them often for memory and hardware when clients needed it.
Fantastic video! My iMac with these specs just got delayed for another week. I will be watching all of your content religiously, as always😀. Are the video editing tests coming? And will you be testing some higher res footage than 4K in those tests? Can’t wait for your future content. Thank you for all your hard work!
I'd love to see a video benchmarking or utilizing the GPU on this iMac using MacFanControl to set the temps lower and see if it benchmarks closer to your expected 70,000 if you can max out the fan and see if the lower numbers are attributed to thermal throttling!
My water cooling 10900 just got 5895 in Cinebench20. I am so surprised for the performance of the new iMac. I am now regretting for buying a MBP2020 and a PC with 10900 last month. Perhaps I should wait for the new iMac so I only need to buy just one machine. By the way, thank you for your hard work. XD
Cant you run a CPU test in Logic Pro X and see how many tracks you can perform before the CPU is 100% - I think we're many users who wants to see that. Thanks in advance :-)
Cheers. Never got a good frame rate with FSX under parallels on my trash can 2013 Mac Pro with 2x d700 but it doesn’t run X-plane 11 very well either under OSX. Hoping new iMac will be a good upgrade but mainly use it for video production!
I maxed out everything, aside form the hardrive and the nano textured screen. The i9 may only give you a 17% increase but if you plan on messing with 6k and 8k footage it’s going to be worth it.
how loud is this machine at IDLE speed? And how does the idle iMac compare to an idle 15/16’’ in terms of noise? This is very important to me as I have a very quiet room and don’t want to hear those fans when I’m not doing any intensive work. Thanks!
Can't wait for bootcamp review on this machine. I wanna use Blender with Eevee realtime render but since It doesn't work on MacOS I think I'm gonna need Windows 10 though Bootcamp. Would love to see any review that can clarify if that's a proper machine for it. Thanks Love the channel ;)
Max, there's a GPU option between the 5500 and 5700, it's a 5700 with 8gb. I wonder if that one is also the optimal point for gaming along side the i7 ?!
If the only thing you'll use that GPU for is gaming then its a better "Bang for the buck" than the 5700XT if you're trying to keep the price of your iMac low with minimal other upgrades. If you going to do other things that tax the GPU like professional apps or if you care about resale I'd spend the extra on the 16GB 5700XT. We'll talk about this in our gaming video coming tomorrow!
I've got mine about a week ago. Been enjoying Doom Eternal and Horizon Zero Dawn at 60fps 1440p. This is bonus of course. I bought it mainly for my work.
Just received my 10-core i9 iMac yesterday. Did you experience off & on loud fan noise? It is very noticeable & not as silent as my previous mid 2014 Imac.
Would be interested to see more graphic design based testing, InDesign, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, etc. Lots of graphic designers use iMacs but most UA-camrs focus of video creation. Also, do you have benchmarks on SSD performance, one review said the 5700XT gave better drive performance but surely that is down to the drive config, with the higher capacities runner faster. I’m getting 4TB and would be keen to see how that compares to the very fast iMac Pro SSD’s. Your channel is the best BTW. Keep up the amazing work.
As mentioned everywhere, the 8-core i7 looks good in terms of performance per $. For an all-round computer doing photo & graphics work, some video and gaming, the 8-core seems good. I have a 10-core, 5700XT on order, but can still change it to 8-core. I won't though. Doing most of my heavier lifting in Resolve and Blender I'm going for absolute performance, even if it's diminishing returns in the end. I'll be using all 10 cores for extended periods daily. I also see the memory you recommend are CL19. That's on the slower side among 2666MHz. I'd look for CL16-18-18. Admittedly a small detail, but that's how we roll.
Your Geekbench compute matches my testing of the 5700XT 2020 iMac. I too was disappointed but I have heard it is down clocked over the PC version, but it is a huge gap.
Yeah my RX580 matches that score in my hackintosh. I'll probably go ahead and get this generation iMac to have the newer codecs & T2 chip. Wish there was a better test other than brucex to have a comparable project to test across machines.
Maybe the wrong video to put this but I’ve enjoyed most every video you’ve posted. Much good info. And I know you’re busy but on your recommendation of the Radeon 5700xt I went and replaced my eGPU Radeon VII with one. Ran some benchmarks which encouraged me that this card would better enable my 2019 iMac to playback HD and 4K video files from the QNAP NAS connected with 10g. And man is that the way to edit videos! The NAS is perfect for speed. So anyway... without a long story I opened Premiere Pro today to check the playback of an HD/4K project I just finished. With the Radeon VII I would have many dropped frames even at 1/4 playback resolution. The 5700XT has greatly improved that situation in that I can play the project at 1/2 and better yet, 1/4 playback resolution without continuous dropped frames. Most now occur at transitions which is fine. I’m just kinda befuddled that with all this high powered hardware it’s still an issue playing 4K content (shot with a Sony FDR AX100). I did loads of videos back in the day of DV running through a 2013 MacPro and Matrox MX02 and never had the issues I’m running into now that I’m getting back into the biz and climbing the learning curve. So I guess all this is just to say thank you for your channel and educational info. Maybe a video on the reasons behind ‘X’ hardwares Challenges in playing content smoothly from the timeline? I’m considering moving to Final Cut but have been an Adobe user since forever!
We usually don't recommend eGPUs for high-end Macs, especially iMacs, because they have decently powerful graphics already. The issue is that the data has to travel back and forth from the Mac to the eGPU, and then back to the Mac to show everything on the display. This causes major inefficiencies and slowdowns compared to simply using the built-in dedicated graphics, especially for playback frame rate. It really only makes sense to get eGPUs for Macs without dedicated graphics cards, or maybe for Macs that have very weak dedicated graphics. I would suggest running some tests with and without the eGPU connected and compare. There were many times where a 15" or 16" MacBook Pro performed better by itself compared to actually having an eGPU connected. There are a couple of ways you can be sure that it's running. First go into the Premiere Pro settings and make sure it's set to use the eGPU. Then go into the applications folder, click get info and check the box that says Prefer eGPU Then I would download iStat Menus 6 and see if it's actually using the eGPU. -Vadim
@@MaxTechOfficial Thanks for the reply! I guess I didn’t mention my whole setup. I’m using the iMac as a secondary display and a 32” 4K monitor for my primary display to gain real estate for Premiere Pro. The 32” is connected to the eGPU. Additionally I have a 27” monitor connected through the HDMI out of the eGPU and then through a receiver for sound and then to the 27”. My intent was surround sound editing and playback monitoring. Originally the HDMI out of my MacPro was connected to a 43” 4K tv so I could have surround and real world feedback for Premiere playback to check projects. This worked great under HD when I was on a 2013 MacPro but through Adobe’s and Apple’s dropping support for certain formats and Adobe removing Dolby digital surround support parts of my setup broke. And the 43” 4K tv would not work when connected to the eGPU. I think this had something to do with HDMI version and/or port version!?? I felt I could update to a newer editing setup that would operate the same way as the HD setup only with 4K. And then convert the archive footage I have to a more playable/editable format. Surround sound would have to wait until I understood what exactly was happening. The eGPU came in when I realized the MacPro wasn’t handling the 3 4K monitors I was trying to use. Then the MacPro became suspect as hardware issues with RAM crept in. So I traded up (unfortunately right before Apples release of the 2020 iMac 😢) So with this setup PP is shown in Activity Monitor as using the eGPU on program playback and rendering (with PP or media encoder). Since you probably know now I have more money than brains I also hooked the iMac up with 128 gig RAM and have one T3 connector hooked to a RAID farm with a large amount of Tb storage (mostly archival now since the NAS has proven a much better video server), and an OWC external breakout box providing the 10g through the same T3 connection. The other T3 runs only to the eGPU. Knowing my configuration if you have any mother suggestions I’d be glad to try! I’ll investigate your above suggestions and run some more tests. Thank you!
A little additional info..... After playing around with PP this morning I can tell you this.... I open PP on the 32" monitor and, as stated above, that monitor is connected to the eGPU/Radeon 5700XT combo. When I click "prefer external GPU" in Info, then start PP, it actually uses the iMac Vega 48 GPU! When I deselect the "prefer external GPU" AND reboot, PP uses the eGPU again. Seems odd. But I guess since PP is running on the 32" monitor and I read somewhere PP needs to be run on the monitor using the eGPU to actually use it, then the info panel selection sees the Vega 48 as the external. Maybe?? IDK... When I disable Mercury transport and/or uncheck the external 27" monitor connected to the eGPU HDMI out, playback can be monitored in the PP interface program monitor pane at full resolution with occasional dropped frames on transitions. If Mercury Transport is enabled and the 27" monitor is checked, I can playback to the 27" monitor at 1/2 resolution with very few dropped frames. Again, mostly on transitions. This is mostly acceptable to me for my needs since 1/2 resolution is still pretty good resolution for monitoring from within PP. I even tried deselecting the 27" monitor output in PP preferences and moving the PP monitor pane to the 27" monitor with OK results. Somewhat like having the 27" enabled in pref's. I did not try moving the PP interface to the iMac to use the Vega 48 GPU as when the iMac Vega 48 was being used through the selection of "prefer external GPU" in info, playback was worse than either the eGPU/Radeon VII or the eGPU/Radeon 5700XT.
Thank you so much for all these videos! I´ve now decided, based on your information to buy the I7 8Core and then upgrade it with 64GB of RAM so it will be a huge difference compared to my current Computer, an old Imac Pro 2008 with 4GB of RAM that still runs Maverick :D
Well done video. I'm not surprised about how the 2020 iMac did in performance here, given that iMac tend to do very well when a new updated model comes in. And it is actually affordable (relative speaking) so long as you dont buy the ram directly from Apple. I really wish that Apple would stop overcharging for ram in their iMac.
you know i got the 8 core but thats good enough for a novice user like me, very satisfied compared to my 2011 iMac with 4gb of ram. also got it upgraded to 40gb and used your advice to put the lower stick to top and it works great. thanks💚🍏
Nowhere on UA-cam can you find a video discussing if the new iMac, or any for that matter, is ideal for gaming and streaming at the same time. With gaming streaming being so popular, would it be possible for you to make a video addressing this topic? People are wondering about temperature, cpu usage, dropped frames on OBS, etc. I think it would be a very powerful video, thanks for any consideration!
I am seriously impressed. This might be my desktop machine. While I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Mac Pro, I would have to spend 3x the money for 50% more raw performance of this iMac. Sure the Mac Pro has superior upgrade and expandability. I would love to have all the extras inside the machine. And I wish it had the option to come with a 32" screen instead. We'll see with the refreshed iMac Pro that should come out in the next 6 months or so... Well done Apple. Well done guys for the video.
Definalty we need to have a power backup for this, in case of a power cut. So please share some more details on UPS. Which best and suitable for this iMac configuration.
Hi, Is there a major difference between the top-of-the-line iMac 2020 (i7 only because the i9 is not interesting ) and the top-of-the-line iMac Pro? Thanks for your answer
Hi Max, Thank you for continuing to provide us with quality content and analysis. Very much appreciated. When you say the 10-core iMac wasn't pushed, does it mean that Apple purposedly throttled down the performance? The iMac may not have thermal throttled but Apple might have built-in the throttling. What was your projected CPU performance output? I was thinking maybe the 10-core iMac reached a 17-18% improvement from the 8-core which is actually close to a 20% improvement of a 8/10 core comparison not the 25% that what was projected?
Thanks for this vid!! I'm going with the I7 after seeing this... Would you recommend the 5500 XT or 5700? I only work with LR, PS and Final Cut Pro. No gaming or 3d.
My idea for a video is a refreshed what to buy recommendation on the set up. Cuz I’m seeing skip I-9, get graphics upgrade , skip RAM, get giga connection.
I'm waiting for that gaming benchmarks. I'm thinking of selling my gaming pc and buying the base model iMac, or this one depending on that fps you get. Why would I sale my gaming pc i have another and final cut pro because my 2019 MacBook pro doesn't cut it.
I’m sort of in a similar place. I currently game on an Xbox One X, but I still prefer mouse-and-keyboard gaming. So I might get back to that with the iMac.
First or second update and run the test again. It will level up I’m sure of it. Also try the test in Big Sur... again it will out perform these results.
Would love to see how this performance translates into practical work like Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Resolve and Final Cut. I'm tempted to just buy this machine without knowing because of the price and performance compared to the iMac Pro!
For video color grading in FCPX, do you guys change your 5k iMac display profile to “Generic RGB Profile” or any other profile, or do you stick with the standard “iMac” out the box?
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I maxed out everything, aside form the hardrive and the nano textured screen.
The i9 may only give you a 17% increase but if you plan on messing with 6k and 8k footage it’s going to be worth it.
Yeah considering apple went intel for this last gen mac pro it makes perfect sense a mainstream chip with 2 less cores and alot more frequency kills it.
im sure the new iMac silicon is gonna surpass in performance this new intel iMac..
can u test World of Warcraft on max setting..??
I haven’t run any of these test but I’m happy with my setup and the performance. I opted out of the nano texture glass myself. Bought 3rd party ram and maxed it out to 128G. 5700XT graphics card, 10th gen 10 core i9 and the smaller 500gb drive. I have two 2gb Samsung x5 externals ssd’s and a couple t5 drives. My machine runs davinci like a dream.
Just when you think it's safe to shut the computer down for the night ... THIS! *big heart* I still haven't hit BUY yet.
Glad you waited!
Perfect for my time zone tho
I saw this so late I went to bed and watched it before work. 😉
Now my day is better.
The fact yours has arrived makes me hopeful mine will be here soon
For those interested I I have an i7 and 5700 (8gb, not the XT) and I get 89.2 fps in Unigine Heaven, Extreme presets and temperatures mostly from 60 celcius to going up to 80 celcius in the end. I did not think it was worth it (and it was outside my budget) with the 755 € upgrade to i9 and 5700XT for 7 more frames. I find it strange how all the reviews totally ignore the 5700 (non-XT) like it is not an option. I think it offers much better value than the XT, at least for gaming.
And in Bootcamp I get 94.8 fps, Extreme presets
Thanks for sharing this info! I always thought that the 5700 has to be great value for the money. Would you be able to quickly run Geekbench 5 Metal and post the score? Would like to see how it compares to the 5500 XT and the top spec 5700 XT.
Constantin Mateescu Sure, I get 50758 in Geekbech Metal. No fan noice during the test. So seems to be in the middle of 5500XT and 5700XT.
Also tried Heaven again. The fans turn somewhat loud in the last scenes and second round , before that they are quiet. But even then you barely hear them with sound on. Can’t hear them at all with headphones on. Max temperature in Heaven around 85 celsuis in the end, mostly 70-80.
Thanks again, Juho! Much appreciated! I'm very close to pulling the trigger and I will definitely go for the i7 with 5700. Just concerned with the idle noise levels as some folks on MacRumors were returning their machines. But it looks like it's virtually silent based on your reports and what Max Tech has shared as well.
I’ve been waiting for weeks for this video before purchasing and even started a thread in the macrumors forums about the 10 core 5700xt benchmarks and we were all patiently waiting until now! The video dropped earlier than expected and these numbers show some interesting info. I guess the 8 core and 5700xt is where it’s in terms of performance per dollar and also heat management and money savings! Keep up the great work guys! Can’t wait to see the gaming review and see how it stacks up against my Radeon pro 580 from 2017 iMac!
Glad we could help! So far it seems like the 8-core with 5700 xt is the best bet! We’ll do further testing soon :)
Are you going to get the 8 or 10 core model?
ricky v I am ordering the i7 5700XT model and using the “savings” towards the RAM and SSD upgrades.
Chris Carty Smart move and congratulations 🎊🎉🍾🎈.
That’ll be a great computer for many many years. (:
ricky v Thank You! I am upgrading from my 2017 5k iMac because it’s just not powerful enough and this is most likely the last intel Mac because the transition to arm and I don’t want to be apart of that from day 1 so investing now should have be good for many years and when software is fully optimized, we can then reassess the situation but for now, this iMac is awesome.
Would love to see how this performs in Logic, with some big sample libraries... I run Superior Drummer 3, but will also have some Kontakt orchestral libraries, as well as the Spitfire BBC SO pugin library. Along with some software synths, namely Alchemy, U-He Repro One and Five. My current i7 2014 iMac with 32GB struggles with this little lot, so looking to update.
Will also be using this for 4K video so interested to see how FCP works with this.
Yeah me too. Is there any point going higher than 5300 GPU for music only use? Will it be the lowest powered / coolest of the 3 options?
As far as we've testing its only CPU bases so no need for a better graphics card but you do atleast want the 8 core i7.
Max Tech thanks, 10-core for me 👍
I appreciate how you stress in every video not to buy Apple’s ram. I feel like you can’t stress this enough.
Sidd Subramanyam wonder if their ram performs better than putting your own in.
Value Venture Investing no
Great video!
- Miles
Thanks Miles! Good work on the channel!
It’s one lovely little community we have here, haha :P Love both of your channels, you lot
Got mine Tuesday, love it!!! My photo editing has jumped to a new level. I put 64gb of OWC Ram. It’s a beautiful machine!
What configuration did you go with? And what files are you throwing at it?
Justin Avila I went with the $2299 option, standard glass, 10 core i9 processor, base graphics 5500xt, 8gb Ram (upgraded myself to 64gb OWC) and 1tb ssd storage. I shoot with a Nikon D850, 45.7 megapixel.
tonight...i ordered my i7 8-core with 5700XT (photo & video editing), 1 TB SSD (ordered another san disk extreme pro 2TB and the 64 GB RAM Kit) - BIG THANKS to you for great videos and nice channel (discovered & suscribed this week). Will be a huge upgrade to my Macbook Pro 2007 - i hope :-)
Wow, thank you so much. I was very confused whether to go for i7 or i9, with just this video, I am very confident I am going to choose the i7. Of course, the i9 is better, but not for the $400 price tag. Thank you guys for your AWESOME work. I have been following you people since the Apple Insider. Great Work!
Thank you for the support!
My loaded iMac arrived last Friday and I have been using it heavily since then. I had mentioned my disappointment with the overall performance in the review of the 8-core. While it is fast - it isn’t as fast as I expected. The FCP performance is also far below my expectations - and I went all the way with 128GB ram. The system handles everything I throw at it - but it does get VERY hot - it just doesn’t get as fast as I thought it would based on the specs. I look forward to seeing how the future iMacs perform once they are off Intel. I have a feeling they are going to blow us away.
Would love to see what kind of frame rate you get with Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 running on it with the
highest detail setting.
I've been waiting for this review so I could decide between the i7 and this i9....and....I still can't decide. I'll just have to wait to see more of your tests! 👍
Really like your buyers guide and the review on this new iMac 2020 27inchi.. these input allow me to finalise my decision in getting my 1st ever mac desktop :)
Thanks for testing the Apple machines, Max. I haven't seen anyone else go into such detail about testing Mac machines like you have. I'm glad to see Apple is doing better with cooling, though still a bit warm, and in turn, better with clock speeds. My 27" 5K Retina iMac from late 2015 runs hot as hell and doesn't clock well due to temps.
I want to get a new iMac but I'm waiting to see what Apple does with the upcoming iMac's first, which will probably be a while but I can wait a little bit. I at least want to see if they update the chassis of the new iMac's and how well the new Apple Sillicon performs in them.
Finally it’s here!!! I’ll decide if I buy the same iMac by the end of this vid!!! I am stoked!
In terms of thermals and noise, would you choose the combination i7-8 Core and 5700XT?
Great video with great results! Makes me happy I ordered the 10 core 5700XT with the 16gig. Should make my editing in Premiere Pro and After Effects much smoother then my old 2014 iMac. Should be arriving the beginning of next week.
For me it seems 10-core is not worth it. Luckily I ordered the 8-core...
When it is loud, just turn on some music to cover it. The GPU upgrade is definitely worthy that I render a blender project by 30 seconds with i9 10 cores, while do so by 5 second with 5700XT (remember to install Pro Render on MacOS).
Well, on my Macbook Pro, Cycles renders a lot faster than ProRender. Am i missing something?
Tuesday: refresh UA-cam, refresh UA-cam, refresh UA-cam, refresh UA-cam, refresh UA-cam,
Wednesday: refresh UA-cam, refresh UA-cam, refresh UA-cam, refresh UA-cam, refresh UA-cam,
Thursday: refresh UA-cam, refresh UA-cam, refresh UA-cam, FINALLY. At least it's now lunchtime.
(Down Under time zone)
Glad we got it one day early!
A lot of refreshing. 😉
Got my 8 core, 5500 XT, 5K iMac with 40GB 2666MHz RAM (32GB inserted). Very, VERY pleased. Lara Croft feels pretty smooth.
Glad everything works well for you!
Can you hear the cooling fans during gameplay?
@@goodnightkiwi Once in a while. Not too much though. They're really quiet too.
I kept refreshing UA-cam for this review!!! I bought the same specs yesterday because I couldn't wait but damn
What I'd really like to know is if the type of GPU has any effect on the CPU power and performance. So if there is a fixed total power budget and the 5700XT (presumably) uses more power than the 5500XT, does that effect the maximum wattage available for the CPU, and therefore the peak CPU performance (and fan noise). I wonder if that is why the i7 is using more power than the i9 in these tests, because it only has the 5500XT. I guess we won't know unless somebody gets 2 iMacs with the same CPU and different GPUs.
We will test that out very soon in the video editing tests which use both!
@@MaxTechOfficial awesome! when will these test comparisons be posted you think? Thank you!
@@MaxTechOfficial NICE !! Thats what ill wait for !!!
Great video, thanks!
I maxed mine to the top and I don’t regret only gaining 10% better CPU performance because, what with 3+ new videos to release each week, it’s worth it to me over the lifetime of my Mac. 💯
Thanks for doing these tests, really appreciate seeing sustained frequency over a longer period and noise levels! Originally was going for the i9 with 64gb ram from OWC, but can save a bunch for a slight performance hit with the i7 and 32gb along with the 5700XT. Looking forward to more testing!
Great choice! :)
Excellent video. Please experiment with that Canon R5 footage on this thing, as an example of where it's at for handling H.265 4:2:2 8K in general. That's a BIG one for a lot of people...
Would you expect different outcomes on the stress test (scores, wattage pull etc) by combining the 8core and the 5700xt?
Not really because there aren’t very many apps that out a 100% load on the cpu and gpu at the same time. But if anything, it could help if there are apps like that. We’ll test video editing.
I’d love to see some developer related benchmarks too - like the Xcode Benchmark you ran with the previous iMac. Also performance with respect to VMs like Parallels would be great to choose between 8xi7 or 10xi9.
We will definitely do the Xcode test with this machine. Not sure about VMs though, but the Xcode test and the Logic Pro rest will show the real world difference.
9:16 yes please to the future video of you comparing your 10-core i9 5700XT iMac to your Mac Pro.
Hands down, you have the best Apple product reviews. The only thing I'd be happy to see more are some After Effects benchmarks are real-life performance tests. Other than that, thanks for this video and all your hard work!
Gonna test pugetbench for after effects. Thank you :)
@@MaxTechOfficial Awesome. Can't wait to see it.
I bought the 8 core with the 5700XT my own 64gig of ram and a 4TB SSD so I could split it in half. 2tb for Mac and 2tb for windows gaming. The performance is awesome, best iMac I've ever bought.
Just got my 8 Core i7, it's fantastic. I haven't tried it with any games because let's be honest, Apple's never been a great gaming machine but with Pixelmator Pro, and Logic Pro it's been pretty quick. I'm not even using my speakers/monitors for hookup as the iMac's built in speakers are good enough for most work and if I need it for Logic Pro I just put on the headphones which are also being used for my work phone system. Note on the memory, when I was an Apple Reseller, OWC had the best memory options and I'd go to them often for memory and hardware when clients needed it.
Fantastic video! My iMac with these specs just got delayed for another week. I will be watching all of your content religiously, as always😀. Are the video editing tests coming? And will you be testing some higher res footage than 4K in those tests? Can’t wait for your future content. Thank you for all your hard work!
Hi Max Awesome video I can tell you that people were very excited for this video
Great job
Are you planning to buy the note 20 for the comparisons
We just received the Note 20 Ultra today! Expect a video on that tomorrow hopefully!
Awesome video! Thank you for taking the time to make it. Help with my decision!
I'd love to see a video benchmarking or utilizing the GPU on this iMac using MacFanControl to set the temps lower and see if it benchmarks closer to your expected 70,000 if you can max out the fan and see if the lower numbers are attributed to thermal throttling!
Good idea!
My water cooling 10900 just got 5895 in Cinebench20. I am so surprised for the performance of the new iMac. I am now regretting for buying a MBP2020 and a PC with 10900 last month. Perhaps I should wait for the new iMac so I only need to buy just one machine. By the way, thank you for your hard work. XD
Great video Max. Would be great to hear your Lightroom and PS configuration recommendations. Also performance plugin in XDR PRO 6k monitor
Pulling the trigger on this one. It sucks that I have to wait three weeks though. I’m waiting on those editing and boot camp gaming videos.
Just got mine. Only 2 weeks.
Cant you run a CPU test in Logic Pro X and see how many tracks you can perform before the CPU is 100% - I think we're many users who wants to see that. Thanks in advance :-)
Coming up!
@@MaxTechOfficial Yesssss! thank you! please test audio and midi tracks 🙏. I can't wait 💃💃💃
@@ZYNGO2012 And use of plug-ins
The graphics cards in the regular imacs are usually underclocked and locked so they can't be overclocked.
Make sure you show Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 when you run the Boot Camp gaming benchmarks
Yes please!
Is there any chance of ms flight sim 2020 working in parallels?
+1
PhotoGFXmedia Should work in theory as long as DirectX 11/12 is supported via Metal
Cheers. Never got a good frame rate with FSX under parallels on my trash can 2013 Mac Pro with 2x d700 but it doesn’t run X-plane 11 very well either under OSX. Hoping new iMac will be a good upgrade but mainly use it for video production!
Any chance of logic pro x testing? 🤔
yes
@@MaxTechOfficial really want to know if the new imac i7 is a better buy than the macbook pro 16, i9 2.4ghz before I part with the money 🙂
Wow! this year's 27inch are looking like great value, but Apple silicon is just around the corner🤔
Fantastic video thank you!. would love to see how Logic Pro X performs with tons of audio channels on 10 cores.
Was about to comment the same thing! .. I'm ready to buy but need to know what the Audio FX processing is like in LPX
Gonna test a Logic Pro x benchmark :)
I maxed out everything, aside form the hardrive and the nano textured screen.
The i9 may only give you a 17% increase but if you plan on messing with 6k and 8k footage it’s going to be worth it.
how loud is this machine at IDLE speed? And how does the idle iMac compare to an idle 15/16’’ in terms of noise? This is very important to me as I have a very quiet room and don’t want to hear those fans when I’m not doing any intensive work. Thanks!
It’s completely silent at idle fan speed. Just a quiet hum during that Unigine gaming test.
Can't wait for bootcamp review on this machine.
I wanna use Blender with Eevee realtime render but since It doesn't work on MacOS I think I'm gonna need Windows 10 though Bootcamp. Would love to see any review that can clarify if that's a proper machine for it.
Thanks
Love the channel ;)
Max, there's a GPU option between the 5500 and 5700, it's a 5700 with 8gb. I wonder if that one is also the optimal point for gaming along side the i7 ?!
If the only thing you'll use that GPU for is gaming then its a better "Bang for the buck" than the 5700XT if you're trying to keep the price of your iMac low with minimal other upgrades. If you going to do other things that tax the GPU like professional apps or if you care about resale I'd spend the extra on the 16GB 5700XT. We'll talk about this in our gaming video coming tomorrow!
@@MaxTechOfficial awesome and thanks for taking the time. Got yourself a sub
Install Boot Camp and test some FPS of some games please.
Boot Camp is already running ;)
Big surprise iMac only has a 60hz refresh rating so it’s not like it matters anyways...
@@hunterludwig higher frame rate does matter even if you don't see it.
X1 spoken by a true gamer
Hunter Ludwig What’s a ‘gamer’ doing on an Apple-dedicated channel? Curious one aren’t ya’ 😂
I've got mine about a week ago. Been enjoying Doom Eternal and Horizon Zero Dawn at 60fps 1440p. This is bonus of course. I bought it mainly for my work.
Never seen this guy so excited
Just received my 10-core i9 iMac yesterday. Did you experience off & on loud fan noise? It is very noticeable & not as silent as my previous mid 2014 Imac.
Please tell us for video editing how better is this compared to 8 core model with 8GB graphics. That’s very important!
Definitely will do :)
Would be interested to see more graphic design based testing, InDesign, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, etc. Lots of graphic designers use iMacs but most UA-camrs focus of video creation. Also, do you have benchmarks on SSD performance, one review said the 5700XT gave better drive performance but surely that is down to the drive config, with the higher capacities runner faster. I’m getting 4TB and would be keen to see how that compares to the very fast iMac Pro SSD’s. Your channel is the best BTW. Keep up the amazing work.
We’ll be doing a bunch of tests. Ssd speed around 2300-2500 MB/s read and write with the 512Gb ssd. Your 4TB will probably be 3000+
David Cox is the 2TB or 1TB also getting faster speeds?
@@LouisLuzuka I have the 4TB SSD and I'm getting around 2600-2800 MB/s on both read and write. So not as fast as the iMac Pro but still pretty good.
David Cox hmm interesting, I wonder if I go to 1TB or 2TB I’d get similar speeds or would I have to get 4TB
@@LouisLuzuka Based on Max's 2300-2500 MB/s on the 500GB and my
Another great video! Love the hustle in cranking these out. I miss you speaking in iambic pentameters though 😢
As mentioned everywhere, the 8-core i7 looks good in terms of performance per $. For an all-round computer doing photo & graphics work, some video and gaming, the 8-core seems good.
I have a 10-core, 5700XT on order, but can still change it to 8-core. I won't though. Doing most of my heavier lifting in Resolve and Blender I'm going for absolute performance, even if it's diminishing returns in the end. I'll be using all 10 cores for extended periods daily.
I also see the memory you recommend are CL19. That's on the slower side among 2666MHz. I'd look for CL16-18-18. Admittedly a small detail, but that's how we roll.
Your Geekbench compute matches my testing of the 5700XT 2020 iMac. I too was disappointed but I have heard it is down clocked over the PC version, but it is a huge gap.
Yeah my RX580 matches that score in my hackintosh. I'll probably go ahead and get this generation iMac to have the newer codecs & T2 chip. Wish there was a better test other than brucex to have a comparable project to test across machines.
Maybe the wrong video to put this but I’ve enjoyed most every video you’ve posted. Much good info.
And I know you’re busy but on your recommendation of the Radeon 5700xt I went and replaced my eGPU Radeon VII with one. Ran some benchmarks which encouraged me that this card would better enable my 2019 iMac to playback HD and 4K video files from the QNAP NAS connected with 10g. And man is that the way to edit videos! The NAS is perfect for speed. So anyway... without a long story I opened Premiere Pro today to check the playback of an HD/4K project I just finished. With the Radeon VII I would have many dropped frames even at 1/4 playback resolution. The 5700XT has greatly improved that situation in that I can play the project at 1/2 and better yet, 1/4 playback resolution without continuous dropped frames. Most now occur at transitions which is fine. I’m just kinda befuddled that with all this high powered hardware it’s still an issue playing 4K content (shot with a Sony FDR AX100).
I did loads of videos back in the day of DV running through a 2013 MacPro and Matrox MX02 and never had the issues I’m running into now that I’m getting back into the biz and climbing the learning curve.
So I guess all this is just to say thank you for your channel and educational info. Maybe a video on the reasons behind ‘X’ hardwares Challenges in playing content smoothly from the timeline?
I’m considering moving to Final Cut but have been an Adobe user since forever!
We usually don't recommend eGPUs for high-end Macs, especially iMacs, because they have decently powerful graphics already.
The issue is that the data has to travel back and forth from the Mac to the eGPU, and then back to the Mac to show everything on the display. This causes major inefficiencies and slowdowns compared to simply using the built-in dedicated graphics, especially for playback frame rate.
It really only makes sense to get eGPUs for Macs without dedicated graphics cards, or maybe for Macs that have very weak dedicated graphics.
I would suggest running some tests with and without the eGPU connected and compare.
There were many times where a 15" or 16" MacBook Pro performed better by itself compared to actually having an eGPU connected.
There are a couple of ways you can be sure that it's running.
First go into the Premiere Pro settings and make sure it's set to use the eGPU.
Then go into the applications folder, click get info and check the box that says Prefer eGPU
Then I would download iStat Menus 6 and see if it's actually using the eGPU. -Vadim
@@MaxTechOfficial Thanks for the reply! I guess I didn’t mention my whole setup. I’m using the iMac as a secondary display and a 32” 4K monitor for my primary display to gain real estate for Premiere Pro. The 32” is connected to the eGPU. Additionally I have a 27” monitor connected through the HDMI out of the eGPU and then through a receiver for sound and then to the 27”. My intent was surround sound editing and playback monitoring. Originally the HDMI out of my MacPro was connected to a 43” 4K tv so I could have surround and real world feedback for Premiere playback to check projects. This worked great under HD when I was on a 2013 MacPro but through Adobe’s and Apple’s dropping support for certain formats and Adobe removing Dolby digital surround support parts of my setup broke. And the 43” 4K tv would not work when connected to the eGPU. I think this had something to do with HDMI version and/or port version!?? I felt I could update to a newer editing setup that would operate the same way as the HD setup only with 4K. And then convert the archive footage I have to a more playable/editable format. Surround sound would have to wait until I understood what exactly was happening. The eGPU came in when I realized the MacPro wasn’t handling the 3 4K monitors I was trying to use. Then the MacPro became suspect as hardware issues with RAM crept in. So I traded up (unfortunately right before Apples release of the 2020 iMac 😢)
So with this setup PP is shown in Activity Monitor as using the eGPU on program playback and rendering (with PP or media encoder). Since you probably know now I have more money than brains I also hooked the iMac up with 128 gig RAM and have one T3 connector hooked to a RAID farm with a large amount of Tb storage (mostly archival now since the NAS has proven a much better video server), and an OWC external breakout box providing the 10g through the same T3 connection. The other T3 runs only to the eGPU.
Knowing my configuration if you have any mother suggestions I’d be glad to try! I’ll investigate your above suggestions and run some more tests. Thank you!
A little additional info..... After playing around with PP this morning I can tell you this....
I open PP on the 32" monitor and, as stated above, that monitor is connected to the eGPU/Radeon 5700XT combo. When I click "prefer external GPU" in Info, then start PP, it actually uses the iMac Vega 48 GPU! When I deselect the "prefer external GPU" AND reboot, PP uses the eGPU again. Seems odd. But I guess since PP is running on the 32" monitor and I read somewhere PP needs to be run on the monitor using the eGPU to actually use it, then the info panel selection sees the Vega 48 as the external. Maybe?? IDK...
When I disable Mercury transport and/or uncheck the external 27" monitor connected to the eGPU HDMI out, playback can be monitored in the PP interface program monitor pane at full resolution with occasional dropped frames on transitions.
If Mercury Transport is enabled and the 27" monitor is checked, I can playback to the 27" monitor at 1/2 resolution with very few dropped frames. Again, mostly on transitions. This is mostly acceptable to me for my needs since 1/2 resolution is still pretty good resolution for monitoring from within PP.
I even tried deselecting the 27" monitor output in PP preferences and moving the PP monitor pane to the 27" monitor with OK results. Somewhat like having the 27" enabled in pref's.
I did not try moving the PP interface to the iMac to use the Vega 48 GPU as when the iMac Vega 48 was being used through the selection of "prefer external GPU" in info, playback was worse than either the eGPU/Radeon VII or the eGPU/Radeon 5700XT.
Thank you so much for all these videos! I´ve now decided, based on your information to buy the I7 8Core and then upgrade it with 64GB of RAM so it will be a huge difference compared to my current Computer, an old Imac Pro 2008 with 4GB of RAM that still runs Maverick :D
Well done video. I'm not surprised about how the 2020 iMac did in performance here, given that iMac tend to do very well when a new updated model comes in.
And it is actually affordable (relative speaking) so long as you dont buy the ram directly from Apple. I really wish that Apple would stop overcharging for ram in their iMac.
Order the same Machine :D. Cant wait for this! Thanks for that video!
Bootcamp test - yes please! :)
you know i got the 8 core but thats good enough for a novice user like me, very satisfied compared to my 2011 iMac with 4gb of ram. also got it upgraded to 40gb and used your advice to put the lower stick to top and it works great. thanks💚🍏
Can you do the iMac vs 16 Inch MacBook Pro!!!
I was waiting for this video.
What does it take to keep it cool? and how that affect performance?
This is super helpful, thank you!
Glad we could help!
Nowhere on UA-cam can you find a video discussing if the new iMac, or any for that matter, is ideal for gaming and streaming at the same time. With gaming streaming being so popular, would it be possible for you to make a video addressing this topic? People are wondering about temperature, cpu usage, dropped frames on OBS, etc. I think it would be a very powerful video, thanks for any consideration!
I am seriously impressed. This might be my desktop machine. While I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Mac Pro, I would have to spend 3x the money for 50% more raw performance of this iMac. Sure the Mac Pro has superior upgrade and expandability. I would love to have all the extras inside the machine. And I wish it had the option to come with a 32" screen instead. We'll see with the refreshed iMac Pro that should come out in the next 6 months or so...
Well done Apple. Well done guys for the video.
Can it play the Canon R5 H.265 4K 10 Bit 4:2:2 footage? Thanks !!! :)
Definalty we need to have a power backup for this, in case of a power cut. So please share some more details on UPS. Which best and suitable for this iMac configuration.
Hi, Is there a major difference between the top-of-the-line iMac 2020 (i7 only because the i9 is not interesting ) and the top-of-the-line iMac Pro? Thanks for your answer
Hi Max,
Thank you for continuing to provide us with quality content and analysis.
Very much appreciated.
When you say the 10-core iMac wasn't pushed, does it mean that Apple purposedly throttled down the performance?
The iMac may not have thermal throttled but Apple might have built-in the throttling.
What was your projected CPU performance output?
I was thinking maybe the 10-core iMac reached a 17-18% improvement from the 8-core which is actually close to a 20% improvement of a 8/10 core comparison not the 25% that what was projected?
Thanks for this vid!! I'm going with the I7 after seeing this... Would you recommend the 5500 XT or 5700? I only work with LR, PS and Final Cut Pro. No gaming or 3d.
We’ll be doing a lot of video editing tests very soon. Video should be up sometime this weekend
@@MaxTechOfficial Thanks!
Max Tech can’t wait for the video! Curious if you have to sacrifice the 10 core vs 5700 xt which one you would do. Thanks!!
What I would like to see in a video is how it performs once BIg Sur releases. I can only imagine how good it will be for Resolve, Final Cut, etc.
So for a professional wedding photographer editing (mostly) stills in Lightroom, is the 5500 good enough or is the 5700 really worth it?
Thansk for video! How this unit cope with CPU and GPU temperature at idle? I want to use this unit programming? Should I worry about fan noise?
Thank you! I would still love to see Adobe Premiere benchmarks.
My idea for a video is a refreshed what to buy recommendation on the set up. Cuz I’m seeing skip I-9, get graphics upgrade , skip RAM, get giga connection.
Is the 5700XT really worth the price difference over the 5700?
for video workflows it is, not only does it have twice the VRAM, it's a different GPU altogether with 40 compute units vs 36 in the 5700
@@juanmj93 Would Final Cut Pro make use of the extra memory? I know no game would make use of it.
@@genesmith3582 Yes, Final Cut uses the extra VRAM, 8GB can actually be a bottleneck, specially with 4K60 RAW and up
Is it worth it for Windows gaming in bootcamp?
I think the step from 5500XT to 5700 22->36 is bigger then 5700 to 5700 XT 36>40. I go with 5700. I hope it will do I fine job
I'm waiting for that gaming benchmarks. I'm thinking of selling my gaming pc and buying the base model iMac, or this one depending on that fps you get. Why would I sale my gaming pc i have another and final cut pro because my 2019 MacBook pro doesn't cut it.
90-ish
I’m sort of in a similar place. I currently game on an Xbox One X, but I still prefer mouse-and-keyboard gaming. So I might get back to that with the iMac.
Cool Max!! This is the video I was waiting for!
Love your videos!!!!!! 👍👏🏻😀
Just as I am about to get to work! Will watch on the commute then.
Could you pls compare native gaming performance vs. boot camp? E.g. with WoW, that would be interesting!
First or second update and run the test again. It will level up I’m sure of it. Also try the test in Big Sur... again it will out perform these results.
Would love to see how this performance translates into practical work like Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Resolve and Final Cut.
I'm tempted to just buy this machine without knowing because of the price and performance compared to the iMac Pro!
Gonna test our pugetbench for after effects and photoshop. Test Lightroom. And final cut. Max will do resolve tests.
Max Tech legendary!
Great video guy's! Love this channel so much! I have my 16-core Mac Pro with the W5700XT GPU, happy that i waited for this gpu 😎
Than you for the support!
@@MaxTechOfficial Of course man, i really love all the content you guy's are putting out ! Keep on going!
I really want to know this: who’s the one responding to the comments?
I am. Hello
Mostly Vadim but sometimes Max does as well.
@@casperes0912 🤦🏻♂️
Casper S� lol
Great video, so my question would be, would you recommend this for music production (upgrading the ram)?
Those graphics are what I'm here for!
We love you Max!
I wonder if there's any upper limit on the spec sheet even though the way we use it doesn't change much over the decade.
So Great !
For Audio (Pro Tools/Abelton )
which would be quieter? i7 or i9?
Thank you!!!
So far it seems like the i7 but we’ll do more testing!
Should've also compared it with the 16inch MBP. Take this as constructive criticism. Love your work.
Doing that very soon!
please do a Logic Pro X comparisson in the i7 and i9! thank you guys
We will :)
For video color grading in FCPX, do you guys change your 5k iMac display profile to “Generic RGB Profile” or any other profile, or do you stick with the standard “iMac” out the box?
Standard iMac has been working great for us.
great review. as always