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LarryLB
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June 7, 2020
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Best iMac for Fast editing/rendering in Premiere Pro

  • June 7, 2020
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I'm purchising a used iMac and want to get the best one for Premiere Pro.  I have a choice of a 6 core or one equiped with i7 quad core. Both are 2019, 27" retina.

 

Thanks,

Larry

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RjL190365
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June 7, 2020

Actually, by the time of the 2019 iMac, there is no quad-core i7 CPU. All i5 and i7 CPUs that are available for that year's iMac had already been upgraded to 6 cores. The only quad-core iMac that is/was available for 2019 has been only an i3.

 

So, between the 4-core/4-thread i3 and the 6-core/12-thread i7 for that 2019 iMac, then the 6-core i7 is the obvious choice. The i3 gets choked on certain video editing workflows. At least all 2019 iMacs come with a discrete AMD Radeon GPU, even if these GPUs are of the two-generation-old Polaris Refresh architecture.

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