• 2020-4-5  Graphics Card. Comparing the graphics cards, their OpenCL scores are 157,000 vs 117,000 according to Max Yuryev.That said, moving out of abstract.
• 2019-6-25  The 2017 iMac 5K Core i7 with Pro 580 GPU runs Warhammer 10% faster and X-Plane 6% faster than the 2017 iMac 5K Core i5 with Pro 575 GPU. Assuming both models were configured with 16GB of memory and 1TB Fusion Drive, the 4.2GHz Core i7 model only costs $200 more.

Power to the pro.

Pros love iMac. So we created one just for you. It’s packed with the most powerful graphics and processors ever in an iMac, along with the most advanced storage, memory, and I/O — all behind a breathtaking Retina 5K display in a sleek, all-in-one design. For everyone from photographers to video editors to 3D animators to musicians to software developers to scientists, iMac Pro is ready to turn your biggest ideas into your greatest work.

Up to 18 cores in an iMac. No, that’s not a typo.

An iMac with 4 cores is remarkable enough. But an iMac with 8, 10, 14, or 18 cores is an entirely different creature. Add Turbo Boost speeds up to 4.5GHz, and iMac Pro has the power and flexibility to balance multicore processing with single-thread performance. With AVX-512 vector instructions and an advanced cache architecture, the processor handles even more data — even more quickly. Which means you can render images, edit up to 8K video, manipulate photos, create real-time audio effects, or compile your next five-star app — all at lightning speed.

• 8-, 10-, 14-, or 18-core Xeon processor
• Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz
• Up to 42MB cache

Jan 25, 2018 Photoshop Speed Test: Gaming PC vs. IMac Pro, Mac Pro, and MacBook Pro. Jan 25, 2018. The iMac Pro won at 1 minute and 40 seconds vs. The Alienware at 3 minutes and 52 seconds.

Particle simulation? Elementary.

Billowing smoke. Torrential rain. A wheat field in the wind. With up to 18 cores and Hyper-Threading, iMac Pro lets you build and render particle systems of all kinds — static or animated, 2D or 3D — with ease.

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Vega graphics. The beast behind the beauty.

Featuring Radeon Pro Vega graphics, iMac Pro delivers the best graphics of any iMac. The first Mac with Vega architecture features up to 16GB of High Bandwidth Memory, which helps deliver a major jump in performance. This translates to higher frame rates, real-time 3D rendering, more lifelike special effects, and gameplay at max settings. It also supports both single- and half-precision computing, so operations that don’t require a full 32 bits of precision can be performed twice as fast. How fast? Up to 24 teraflops fast.

On-package HBM2 replaces external VRAM, so the GPU can fetch data at up to 512GB/s.

• Radeon Pro Vega
  56, 64, or 64X
• Up to 12 teraflops single precision
• Up to 24 teraflops half precision
• 8GB or 16GB High Bandwidth Memory
• Up to 512GB/s memory bandwidth

Phenomenally fluid 3D creation.

With the Vega 64X GPU, iMac Pro lets you create 3D environments up to two times faster,¹ then render them in stunning photorealistic detail.

Strength in numbers.

iMac Pro is optimized for performance across the board. Here’s how it compares to iMac and Mac Pro.

Maxon Cinema 4D

faster real-time 3D performance³

Build Time

faster build: Clang, LLVM, and compiler-rt using Ninja⁴

Wolfram Mathematica

CPU benchmark⁶

Adobe Photoshop CC

processing of well-threaded filters⁷

Logic Pro X

faster offline bounce⁹

Final Cut Pro X

faster render speed¹¹

More memory for massive projects.

With four channels of memory, iMac Pro can now accommodate up to 256GB. So you can visualize, simulate, and render huge 3D models. Create multiple test environments for cross-platform development. And keep numerous apps open at the same time. It’s all powerful. For all the things you want to do.

• Up to 256GB
• 2666MHz DDR4 ECC

High-performance storage. Load faster. Launch faster.

Up to 4TB of all-flash storage lets you work on large 4K and HD projects regardless of codec. And with up to 3GB/s throughput, loading huge files and launching apps is faster than ever.

• Up to 4TB SSD
• 3.3GB/s write performance
• 2.8GB/s read performance

Apple T2 Security Chip. Enhanced integration and security.

Every iMac Pro is equipped with the Apple T2 Security Chip, our second-generation custom Mac silicon. By redesigning and integrating several controllers found in other Mac systems — like the system management controller, image signal processor, audio controller, and SSD controller — the T2 Security Chip delivers robust capabilities to the Mac. For instance, the image signal processor works with the FaceTime HD camera to enable enhanced tone mapping, improved exposure control, and face detection–based auto exposure and auto white balance. The T2 also makes iMac Pro even more secure, thanks to a Secure Enclave coprocessor that provides the foundation for encrypted storage and secure boot capabilities. The data on your SSD is encrypted using dedicated AES hardware with no effect on the SSD’s performance, while keeping the Intel Xeon processor free for your compute tasks. And secure boot ensures that the lowest levels of software aren’t tampered with and that only operating system software trusted by Apple loads at startup.

Video performance artist.

iMac Pro has the bandwidth to effortlessly handle multiple streams of video. And with up to 4TB of all-flash storage, saving and loading humongous projects is all in a moment’s work.

Serious I/O. For serious work.

As you’d expect from a pro machine, there are plenty of high-speed ports to create a high-performance workstation. Four Thunderbolt 3 ports let you connect two 5K monitors — for 44 million pixels total — and transfer data at a blazing 40Gb/s. And there’s something you probably didn’t expect in an iMac: 10Gb Ethernet. So sharing files between desktops, or working with high-performance network storage, is up to 10 times faster.

• 40Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 Four Thunderbolt 3 ports. Supports USB 3.1 and DisplayPort video output over USB‑C.
• Up to 44 million pixels 5K display with the option to connect two additional 5K displays.
• 10Gb Ethernet Also supports Nbase-Tindustry-standard 1Gb, 2.5Gb, and 5Gb link speeds.

See your work on the big screens.

Create a powerful workstation by connecting two RAID systems and two 5K displays to the four Thunderbolt 3 ports. Then see your work on a 44-million-pixel canvas.

Retina 5K display. Dream in a billion colors.

It almost goes without saying: If it’s an iMac, it will have a gorgeous display. And iMac Pro doesn’t disappoint. In fact, its 27-inch screen is our best ever, with 500 nits of brightness across its 14.7 million pixels. It’s as if the sleek, all-in-one design disappears behind the stunning screen — so you can focus on your content. Along with P3 color and support for a billion colors, iMac Pro delivers spectacular, true-to-life images.

• 500 nits
• P3 color gamut
• One billion colors Supports 10-bit spatial and temporal dithering.

Reveal your true colors.

A billion colors on your display means every photo appears just the way it was shot, with supersmooth gradients and vastly reduced banding.

All-in-one design. More creative freedom.

iMac Pro puts the power of a workstation behind a stunning Retina 5K display, in a sleek enclosure just 5 mm wide at its edge. With your whole system powered by a single cable, your workspace stays free of clutter. It’s a beautifully efficient design that lets you focus all your attention on what you’re creating — not what you’re creating with.

Advanced thermal management. Cool.

Packing all that performance into such a slim all-in-one design required a new approach to cooling the system. We redesigned the thermal architecture of iMac Pro with innovative dual blowers, a high-capacity heatsink, and extra venting. The result? Almost 75 percent more airflow and an 80 percent increase in system thermal capacity. Which lets iMac Pro handle 500 watts — 67 percent more power than the 27-inch iMac.

Dynamic speakers. Make some noise.

The enhanced stereo speakers in iMac Pro deliver broad frequency response, rich bass, and impressive volume. So you’ll be able to hear that crashing cymbal, multilayered effect, or sample-based sound, all with remarkable fidelity. And with four beamforming mics, your voice is heard loud and clear over any background noise.

Accessories with a dark side.

Mac Pro Vs Imac 5k Gaming Computer

You even get space gray accessories to match your iMac Pro — all wireless, rechargeable, and beautiful. The Magic Keyboard includes a numeric keypad, and to go with it you can choose either the Magic Mouse 2 or the Magic Trackpad 2.

Up until now, all of our consideration of the new iMac has focused on its display — a stunning 5K panel (5120×2880) that Apple is bundling into an entire system and selling for just $2,500. That’s an incredible deal relative to the $2,500 5K panel Dell has already announced, but it’s just one aspect of the system. Considered in total, the iMac with 5K Retina display could be a plausible challenger to the cylindrical Mac Pro, which starts at $3,000. Let’s look at how the situation breaks down.

The iMac’s general advantages

First of all, there’s that screen. Early hands-on coverage has come back positively, and while there’s a definite chance of teething problems down the line, for now the feedback is positive. Certain applications — notably 4K video editing and high-resolution photo editing — gobble screen space as quickly as monitor manufacturers offer it, so the Retina 5K iMac could be a big winner in that regard.

Second, there’s the overall price tag. Upgrade the iMac to a Core i7-4790K (4GHz base, 4.4GHz Turbo), 16GB of DDR3-1600, a 512GB SSD, and the as-yet unknown R9 M295X, the total bill is just $3500. The Mac Pro, in contrast, is $4300 for a six-core 3.5GHz Xeon CPU, 16GB of DDR3-1866, a 512GB PCIe SSD, and a brace of AMD D500 GPUs. As blogger and programmer Marco Arment points out, these two configs are closely matched in Geekbench, with the iMac beating out the Xeon in single-core and losing on modestly in multi-core programming.

Exactly how the two chips compare is going to come down to which applications you use. In heavily-threaded apps, the Ivy Bridge-based E5-160v2 inside the Mac Pro (3.5GHz base, 3.9GHz boost) will still beat the iMac’s Core i7-4790K — but the higher clock and more efficient Haswell CPU inside the iMac will make the race closer than it otherwise would’ve been. In apps with eight threads or less, the Core i7-4790K may tie or even beat the Xeon processor. I’m not sure Geekbench really captures these differences well, given that it’s a general-use benchmark and not aimed specifically at the workstation market, but there’s also a great deal of variation between professional apps. Adobe Photoshop, for example, prefers high IPC and clock speed to more threads, whereas a program like 3ds Max will make better use of additional cores.

The Mac Pro’s specific strengths

The Mac Pro still has several advantages over the iMac, but they tend to play to a specialized segment. Its PCIe-based storage should generally outperform whatever SSD the iMac uses. It has dual GPUs for OpenCL performance, rendering and modeling work (where multi-GPUs are supported), and for Crossfire gaming in Windows. It also offers far more Thunderbolt connectivity than any other system Apple sells.

Mac Pro Vs Imac 5k Gaming Review

If you’re heavily invested in the Thunderbolt ecosystem, with multiple peripheral monitors or drive bays, the iMac simply may not be an option. Similarly, if you bought a 12-core variant because you know you need that much CPU horsepower, the Core i7-4790K isn’t going to be of interest, even if the display its paired with is awful pretty.

Read: Reviewing HP’s Z620: Redefining the workstation

Msi X470 Gaming Pro

The line between high-end desktops and traditional workstations has been blurry for years as motherboard integration and baseline capabilities in consumer hardware has risen, and the new Retina iMac erases even more of it. There’s definitely still a case to be made for the higher-end Apple workstation, but that case now relies entirely on specific software packages or needs. Apple itself has hastened this trend by building a Mac Pro chassis that relies almost entirely on a single interface — Thunderbolt — as opposed to offering more traditional drive cages and replaceable hardware. While this does lock in customers who bought Mac Pros and the associated Thunderbolt peripherals, it also makes it harder to justify the Mac Pro over an iMac.

Intel Xeon E7 15-core die

Should you buy the Retina iMac or the Mac Pro?

Would I run out and buy a new iMac over a Mac Pro today? No — for several reasons. First, I recommend waiting to see how the new screen shakes out as far as quality is concerned — problems with first-run products are not uncommon and Apple is no exception. Second, I’d wait for confirmation on specs for the R9 M295X. AMD has been mum on this when we’ve asked, but the details are important, since the R9 M290X is a 1280-core GPU and the AMD FirePro D500 has 1526 cores and a 384-bit bus (up from 256-bit on the mobile core).

At best, the R9 M295X is going to roughly match a single AMD FirePro D700, and the Mac Pro comes with two of them. Buyers concerned about GPU horsepower should therefore wait and see.

Third, there’s also a good chance that Apple will update the Mac Pro line at some point in the not-too-distant future. Intel’s new Xeon E5v3 CPUs are already available, with Haswell-based cores and higher clock speeds. Depending on which chips Apple picks for its hardware, a six-core Xeon could become the low-end model while 8-16 core models fill out the higher end. This would play to the system’s specialties while establishing the iMac as a “good enough” option for most professionals.

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