Ultimate Mac Studio M4 Max, M3 Ultra, Mac Mini M4 Pro, Pro Photo/Video Tests! A look at all of Apple Desktop's performance in various Pro Photography and Video tasks. Which includes performance testing for Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, Capture 1, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Davinci Resolve.
These tests will be the ultimate comparisons for the Mac Mini M4, Mac Studio M4 Max, both base and top SoC, along with the M3 Ultra, both base and top SoC. Will there be a clear all-around winner, and if not, what might be the sweet spot for various workflows?
iStat Menu http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
Diglloyd Photoshop Test https://macperformanceguide.com/OptimizingPhotoshopCS6-Benchmarks.html
External SSD Speed, does it matter?
https://youtu.be/-8UfQ-Tw9aw
After Effects Adobe Benchmark https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-beta-discussions/multi-frame-rendering-is-here-aka-the-multithreading-you-ve-been-asking-for/m-p/11885358#M533
00:00 Intro/Preface
01:13 Test System
04:57 Chip Segmentation
05:31 Upgrade Priority
07:33 Reference Testing
08:16 Fan/Low Power Mode
09:19 Color Calibration
09:25 Setup as a new machine
09:40 Reading the Spec
09:50 SSD
10:27 Internal vs External SSD
10:54 Memory - RAM
12:00 Lightroom Classic Preview 1:1
13:28 LRC Export
15:02 LRC HDR
15:57 LRC Panorama Merge
16:46 LRC AI Noise Reduction
17:45 LRC AI Noise Reduction X10
18:40 LRC Sky & Subjects Mask
19:07 Lightroom CC - LR Export
19:56 Capture 1 - C1 Preview
20:58 C1 Export
22:17 Photoshop
24:46 Video Export FCP
26:17 AfterEffects
27:36 Premiere Pro
28:15 DaVinci Resolve
28:42 Which one to choose?
31:08 SoC Recommendations
32:45 Upgrade Path
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