IT House December 17 news, according to 9to5 Mac reported that Apple's MacBook Pro notebook M1 Max benchmark test for ProRes video export shows that the high-end 2021 MacBook Pro is three times faster than the 2019 Mac Pro.
Macworld notes that even if you attach a $2,000 Afterburner acceleration card to your Mac Pro, the M1 Max MacBook Pro is still twice as fast.
"To reach the highest echelon of ProRes performance on the 2019 Mac Pro, you need a 28-core Intel Xeon W CPU paired with the Afterburner accelerator card to accelerate ProRes playback and decoding. When it comes to advanced color grading, two powerful GPUs can also help. Of course, all of this comes at a high price.
M1 Max in MacBook Pro includes two ProRes encoders and decoders, far more than the single decoder in MacPro's Afterburner accelerator card.
These benchmarks show how serious Apple is about its ProRes performance efforts. Thanks to the decoders and encoders in the M1 Max, it single-handedly surpassed the highest-spec 2019 Mac Pro. Not only that, but it will also greatly improve the playback performance of multi-stream 8K content. Color grading also benefits in general, and noise reduction and stabilization in Final Cut Pro are also very fast. This has traditionally been the domain of super-rugged workstations or Mac Pros with expensive GPUs, but the implementation of ProRes has leveled the playing field and significantly reduced the cost of entry. ”
IT House learned that benchmarks on the site showed the time it took to export a 5-minute ProRes Raw video clip to ProRes 422 HQ as follows:
2019 Mac Pro: 233 seconds
2019 Mac Pro with Afterburner Accelerator Card: 153 seconds
2021 MacBook Pro with M1 Max chip: 76 seconds
The site, Thiago Trevisan, believes the ability to shoot ProRes video on the iPhone 13 Pro/Pro Max is a gimmick at the moment, but it will become even more important over time.
"For now, it's more of a novelty feature, although it can be used as a scenario tool that professionals might use." With the improvement of mobile phone storage capacity in the future, even ordinary users will use this feature more frequently. But don't sell your Red or Arri camera first. ”