To my knowledge none of the synthetic benchmarks do a good job of measuring hardware-accelerated video decode/encode performance, and that is also not well reflected in Activity Monitor, iStat Menus or any other performance monitoring tool. What counts is how fast the machine runs your actual workload. That shows how you can't be guided exclusively by synthetic benchmarks. This is despite the MBP 16 being slower on GeekBench 5 GPU tests than either of my desktop machines. FCPX on the MBP 16 is smoother on certain H264 codecs than my 10-core Vega 64 iMac Pro, maybe due to improved Quick Sync in the "Coffee Lake" CPU.
#16 INCH MACBOOK PRO EARLY 2009 MAC#
My 2017 i7 iMac 27 with Radeon Pro 580 using FCPX 10.4.8 on Catalina 10.15.6 runs the BruceX benchmark in 16.4 sec, not sure how that compares to a 2009 Mac Pro.Įdit/add: My 8-core 2019 MacBook Pro 16 with Radeon Pro 5500M ran BruceX in 15 sec, so it was faster than my 2017 iMac 27. That's another concern over getting locked into an older version of hardware or MacOS which might not fully support this or might require significant tinkering to bypass those limits. However starting with version 5.2 it uses Metal optimization which can produce 40% improved performance over past versions. Neat Video will be slow on anything, the only issue is how slow. You don't want to be stuck on FCPX 10.4.īy contrast the 2009 Mac Pro Xeon is "Nehalem" generation, so the IPC (Instructions Per Cycle) is much less. That by itself is worth a significant performance boost on GPU-related items such as effects. It will run the Metal-optimized version of FCPX which began with 10.4.7. It has Quick Sync and the CPU (while 4 cores) is "Kaby Lake" and it supports USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt 3. IMO it would be better to get an eBay 2017 iMac 27 for $600-$1,000 with Radeon Pro 580. Is it actually worth upgrading the OS at all, as it obviously is stable and runs FCPX 10.4 without a problem (so far)? What are the benefits?
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Should I look at Catalina if I upgrade the OS? I know it's blocked as it's officially too old but there are work-arounds.ģ. which do I believe if I want to upgrade OS X?Ģ. It's Early 2009 (which should, I think, be a MacPro4,1) but identifies as MacPro5,1 and is running macOS Sierra.
On my MacPro I also have NeatVideo 5.1, and SliceX/TrackX from CoreMelt.ġ. Mac Pro (Early 2009) (ModelIdentifier MacPro5,1)
The specs for the one I have are as follows (with the Saphire GPU chucked in): So I looked around for a better, upgradable solution (on a meagre budget) and lighted upon getting hold of an old Mac Pro. I've been running FCPX 10.4.8 on a Macbook Pro (Early 2013, 16 GB memory, Catelina) using an eGPU with a Radeon Sapphire 8GB, and it renders about as slow as you'd expect.
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