This time, Apple boldly used its own SoC chip as the main core of its new computer products, and announced that Intel Mac will gradually fade out, which is surprising. But what is even more surprising is that a Chinese photographer living in Australia shared the performance of his new Macbook Pro in editing and converting. Naturally, his new laptop is the most popular Apple M1 version of Macbook Pro recently. What’s interesting is that according to the information he shared, this laptop with Apple’s own processor as its core is actually faster than an iMac Pro computer equipped with an AMD independent graphics in Final Cut Pro X conversion performance:
▲The performance of Apple M1 is better than everyone thought, but I didn’t expect that even the conversion performance would have a bonus effect (Image source）
Although the Apple M1 version of the computer series has been officially released, there are still many regions that have not yet officially launched sales. Taiwan is still one of the regions that has not yet launched sales. We can only watch overseas players experience the charm of “all-Apple” computers in advance, and have to wait slowly for Taiwan to be officially launched. Some people may still be unsure about the actual experience of using the Apple M1. After all, no matter how good the specifications are on the books, no matter how much it surpasses past models, the biggest problem is that the software has not been written for the ARM processor and must rely on the translator provided by Apple to execute it. After first-hand experience, the execution speed and efficiency are bound to be questionable. After all, this is the only thing that the benchmark software can hardly show to everyone.
Apple M1 is so powerful, Xeon 10 core + Vega 56 can’t beat it
However, as if to enhance the confidence of consumers who are planning to buy this computer, a Chinese photographer living in Australia “Sydney Gu Jun” posted the conversion results of the M1 version of Macbook Pro on his Youtube channel. For the final conversion and output part of the video, he used 30 seconds of 4K material recorded with Canon EOS R5 and 7 and a half minutes of h264 video material recorded with Sony A7S III for post-production and output. The software was Apple’s own editing software Final Cut Pro X. As for the comparison group, it is an iMac Pro equipped with AMD Radoen Vega 56 GPU and Intel Xeon W 10 core CPU. Objectively speaking, this iMac Pro is a workstation computer that is good for video editing, but its output performance actually lags behind the rising star, which is surprising:
▲（Picture copied from Youtube）
▲（Picture copied from Youtube）
This gap may not seem obvious to people who don’t edit movies, but considering that the control group is also a performance-level workstation computer launched this year, comparing this newbie Apple M1 can be said to be like an elephant to an ant. However, the powerful party is not the elephant, but the “ant” Apple M1. Not to mention the huge price difference between the iMac Pro and the M1 version of the Macbook Pro. In terms of speed comparison, the M1 does have great potential. At least in Apple’s home field, using Apple’s own editing software, it can be faster than the Intel Xeon 10 core processor. This result is enough to make many hesitant buyers make up their mind.
This result may not only mean that M1, a comprehensive chip that includes CPU, GPU and other chip functions, is powerful enough. Other testers also tested the performance of the GPU. Surprisingly, the GPU integrated in the core also performed well, at least better than the two independent graphics cards, GTX 1050 Ti and RX 560. In this way, although the lack of external display function is a weakness, if the GPU performance of M1 is as good as this, it may not be necessary to install a general independent display:
▲The integrated GPU core of Apple M1 performs well and can compete with entry-level independent graphics (Image source）
In addition to the performance of the display chip, some testers have recently discovered that the SSD used in the M1 version of Macbook Air is also faster than previous models. Sequential read and write achieved results of 2,675 MB/s and 2,190 MB/s respectively. The support of these components may explain the reason why M1 performs well in the current evaluation:
▲The built-in storage device of the M1 version of MacBook Air is very fast, and the test results are outstanding (Image source）
However, the photographer “Sydney Gu Jun” also left a message under the video to add some information. He mentioned that his M1 version of Macbook Pro still has some glitches in Final Cut Pro Although the new version of the macOS system may also be a factor causing errors, these errors have affected the user’s smooth operation to some extent, and although the conversion efficiency is quite excellent, as more and more materials are edited, the software becomes unstable or freezes more frequently. Perhaps this is the inevitable fate of the first-generation product:
▲The original author left a message to supplement the situation encountered in the test. Although you can experience strong performance at this stage, there are still many unknown errors waiting to be discovered in the new system and new hardware (Picture taken from Youtube page）
▲See the original video here
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