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Chuck69
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July 16, 2015
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How many CPU cores is Premiere Pro CC 2015 capable of using?

  • July 16, 2015
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I'm ordering a new Mac Pro for editing 4K footage and I have the following CPU options available to choose from:

3.5GHz 6-core with 12MB of L3 cache,

3.0GHz 8-core with 25MB of L3 cache

2.7GHz 12-core with 30MB of L3 cache. 


I don't want to order one with a slower clock speed if Premiere Pro doesn't utilize 12 cores, or even 8 cores.  I guess there's a trade off between clock speed and processing cores and I'm trying to find the sweet spot.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Chuck

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    Bill Gehrke
    Bill Gehrke
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    July 16, 2015

    I believe it is 32 cores/64 threads.  We have results with dual E5-2697 v3 Xeon's that have 2 x 14 = 28 cores total that all were working extremely effectively on a system that Eric Bowen of ADK built.

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    Chuck69Author
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    July 16, 2015

    Thanks Bill, and are you working on 4K content with that set-up?  Do you think the additional processing cores/threads of the 12 core option would make-up for the slower clock speed when editing 4K? Thanks!

    Chuck

    Bill Gehrke
    Bill Gehrke
    Inspiring
    July 16, 2015

    Maybe Eric Bowen can stop by here, I am only reporting results of our PC-centric Premiere Pro BenchMark (PPBM).  But I do not know of any reason why 4K would be any different, it just need all the CPU power that you can throw at it.  Now as you add cores you have the add memory and of course it is a shame that Apple does not offer nVidia cards as an option as they are superior to the AMD cards they do offer.  Also make sure you have a proper storage system, are they offering SSD's?  You do need a balanced system where all the critical elements are balanced, do not cut back on the RAM and Storage to get the 12 cores

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