![]() Blackmagic's website is indicating an average 2x speed increase for the 15 inch MacBook Pro on DaVinci Resolve tasks and 5x for the 13 inch model. Sounds good, but not as impressive as the iMac Pro's 11 teraflop video performance. The Radeon Pro 580 can fill a massive 38.4 billion textured pixels per second! In addition, the Blackmagic eGPU supports Metal graphics technology from Apple, which provides near-direct access to the GPU for maximizing graphics and compute performance with games and applications.' You get 8GB of GDDR5 RAM, 256-bit memory bandwidth and 36 discreet compute units for up to 5.5 teraflops of processing power. 'The Blackmagic eGPU features a Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor that delivers stunning graphics and incredible computational performance. Not surprisingly, all of the performance figures for video editing are references to DaVinci Resolve without a mention of FCPX. We can understand this tactic at launch for Blackmagic, but it would be inconceivable if the Final Cut Pro X team hadn't already been running FCPX on this external GPU. The launch today is no coincidence either as Apple and Blackmagic have been working on the eGPU together. But remember these machines are aimed at pros and in the editing world, that's a price a lot of people are more than happy to pay for the speed.Īlthough there have been announcements about eGPUs with Macs, they have mainly been about VR and scientific applications.īlackmagic's new $699 eGPU has bought more GPU processing power to any Mac with a Thunderbolt 3 connection if today's post release tweets can be believed. Granted the machine is expensive for a laptop with a 15" 32GB model with 1TB of SSD coming in at $3,600. “Now with 8th-generation 6-core processors, up to 32GB of system memory, up to 4TB of super fast SSD storage, new True Tone technology in its Retina display and Touch Bar, the Apple T2 chip for enhanced security and a third-generation quieter keyboard packed into its thin and light aluminium design with all-day battery life, it’s the best notebook for pro users.” “The latest generation MacBook Pro is the fastest and most powerful notebook we’ve ever made,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. Intel Iris Plus integrated graphics 655 with 128MB of eDRAM.Quad-core Intel Core i5 and i7 processors up to 2.7 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.5 GHz and double the eDRAM.Powerful Radeon Pro discrete graphics with 4GB of video memory in every configuration.6-core Intel Core i7 and Core i9 processors up to 2.9 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.8 GHz.Although the machines are being sold with a 'quieter' version 3 butterfly keyboard, hopefully they have improved the situation. With Thunderbolt 3, the 15 inch supports two 5K displays or four external GPUs!!!!!Īpple has been criticised about the butterfly keyboards on the MacBook Pro being susceptible to dirt under the keys. The models features True Tone which matches the colour balance of the display to the matching natural light - maybe we might have that turned off during colour correction! What does that mean to Final Cut Pro X users?Īpple has posted that the 2.9GHz 6-core Intel Core i9-based 15-inch MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM will playback 9 streams of Apple ProRes RAW video, at 4096x2160 resolution and 23.98 frames per second with the angle editor set to 16.Īs for RAM, Apple has indicated that when working with a 6GB file in Photoshop, the 32GB 15 inch model will run 2.8 times as quick as the 16GB model. The 6-core 15-inch model will give up to 70 percent faster performance. Although similar to the previous Kaby Lake processors, the pin connections are incompatible, meaning that the motherboard has had a redesign. Let's take a look at both announcements :īoth the 15 and 13 inch refresh models feature eighth generation Coffee Lake Intel processors. The addition of Apple working with Blackmagic Design to develop an eGPU especially for 'creative software' reinforces their commitment to support professionals. The iMac Pro and now the new 2018 MacBook Pros that have just been announced are a good start to address the problem. Two new exciting hardware releases, Apple announce 2018 MacBook Pros with speed bumps & 32GB of RAM and Blackmagic release an accompanying eGPU to accelerate professional software.Īpple has had a tough time from creative users over the last couple of years due to the lack of new powerful machines.
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