Apple's Fastest Mac vs. My $5496 PC

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0:00 The Fastest Mac
2:10 My nuke of a PC
2:40 First boot
3:42 Performance battle
9:24 Can you game on a Mac?
10:57 I want the Studio Display
11:52 Let him cook
12:44 Insane power draw
13:27 Should I switch?

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[robocobrabot]

The “too quiet” complaint is interesting. I’ve heard that whirlpool had a similar issue when they improved the acoustics of their dishwashers. People were returning them because they didn’t think their dishes were getting as clean 😂

[sonataemsolmenor]

Putting a 7800x3d instead of a 7950x is really just to make the comparison "more interesting". For production, no one would spend 5500$ without going for the fastest processor available..

[zenpool]

When Optimum can just reach out to Apple but LMG can't 🤣

[AllgoodthingsTv]

This was a great video. Showing how both machines dropped frames in that effects heavy timeline in Resolve was revealing (and also how that same clip in FCPX ran smoothly). That M2 Ultra is a beast for sure.

[analogicparadox]

Reminder that Blender denoising is set on OpenImageDenoise (CPU) by default, but it can be switched to Optix, which runs on the GPU andis even faster. Same thing goes for rendering itself, switching from CUDAto Optix can almost double the performance of RTX cards.

[yeros]

Makes me so happy Optimum is casually reaching out to apple.. and they're like, "sure!"

[standupgmr]

Production quality, content delivery, and honesty. Never a let down on this channel.

[santiagolopezdeharo]

Youtubers when a 8k dolars Mac exports a video 5% quicker than a 3k dolars pc 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲

[Dionyzos]

A dedicated competetive GPU would be the next step for Apple to really impress with their Silicon. These integrated solutions are great but it's simply not cost effective to make a chip large enough to compete with two seperate ones. They probably cancelled the M2 Extreme for that reason.

[odinsplaygrounds]

I have a T1 with a 4090 as well and wouldn't ever change that out for a Mac Studio due to the lackluster 3D rendering and gaming performances. However, I also do completely agree it's so worth mentioning just how small this computer is and how well it performs completely out of the box. I have spent so many hours in total planning, buying individual parts, building, optimizing the build and software on my Windows. Now it's awesome, but you just gotta have the interest as well to do all that.

[SkaterStimm]

The version of blender makes a huge difference on macOS. They just announced Metal optimization and unless you turn that on it won't be fast. Be sure you are using a metal version.

[lovac_hunt]

Putting an 8 core cpu against a 24 core cpu with an OS optimised for that very cpu is kinda flawed comparison

[ojassarup]

To be fair, a 13700K, 13900K, Ryzen 7900, 7950X would have all been more suitable for workstation workloads, for the same or relatively little more money than the 7800X3D. Apple would probably still have the CPU efficiency lead though.

[XxMGxX]

I really like how you compare the real life scenarios of all of these tools and not just regurgitate the specs and values of the graphs like most other tech channels do. You are the GOAT tech channel in my opinion.

[sethlin]

I liked this video; though the CPU's in the video are not in the same class. A closer equivalent would be the Ryzen 9 7950x 16 core (32 thread) or intel i9 13900k 24 core (8 p cores + 16 E cores, 32 threads). The M2 Ultra has 24 cores (16 P cores + 8 E cores, I believe it is 24 threads). Just to give a more fair comparison.

I looked up the numbers and the 7950x has a cinebench score of 2108, the 13900k has 2144, and that site had the M2 recorded at 1918. The M2 gets close performance at lower power and thermals is impressive. Imagine using something like this in a PC laptop?

[marker]

Great video, not sure you’ll see this but I would like to suggest something to improve your videos!
When placing comparison graphs between the two machines, you should put in parentheses if values of higher or lower are better.
For example:
Custom built computer vs Mac render speeds (lower number is better)
[enter values here]

Just a note, as some novices may not understand that it’s better to have a smaller or larger lead for it to be better (you’d be surprised how common it is😂)
Anyways, love the video nonetheless!

[dwarfcow]

It would have been nice to see you swap out the CPU on the PC to one more production minded like the studio is focused on (like the 7950x) which isn't much more expensive these days than a 7800x3d

[tpurves]

The main historical issue with Mac workstations is that they release hardware that's expensive, but performance competitive at launch. But then Apple doesn't upgrade the machine for 3-7 years, while somehow also trying to maintain the same eye-bleed pricing. However, remember that threadripper builds absolutely exist at this price point, and that new threadrippers + Ryzens are due out end of this year or early 2024.

[lachlanB]

It is interesting that you use a 7800x3d. That is an amazing gaming CPU nut not the best for productivity.

[leokimvideo]

I love my overhyped Mac Studio. It sucks up more dust Vs my Dyson vacuum cleaner.