I am looking by an iMac for using premier pro, however I am wondering if the following spcs will help me with the edit process:Display21.5-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display1920‑by‑1080 resolution with support for millions of colours2.3GHz dual‑core Intel Core i58GB of 2133MHz DDR4 memoryIntel Iris Plus Graphics 640

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JIBIN0101

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Which imac is best for premier pro?

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March 29, 2021
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I am looking by an iMac for using premier pro, however I am wondering if the following spcs will help me with the edit process:
Display
21.5-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display
1920‑by‑1080 resolution with support for millions of colours
2.3GHz dual‑core Intel Core i5
8GB of 2133MHz DDR4 memory
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Performance

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RjL190365

Legend

To respond to what Kevin stated:

Those particular iMacs date from 2017 and early 2019, respectively, and have remained completely unchanged (hardware-wise) since their debuts - and they are still sold brand new even today. In fact, the non-Retina iMac actually used a Kaby Lake (7th Gen)-based dual-core i5 mobile (not even a desktop) CPU. And all 21.5-inch Retina iMacs are stuck on the 8th-Gen Intel CPUs at this present time, while only the 27-inch iMacs received hardware updates fairly recently.

Now, as for your new system consideration:

The 10th-Gen Intel CPU that's in your new planned configuration is a bit outdated, in light of the new CPU developments from both Intel and AMD. And that planned custom build will only work if you're willing to give up macOS completely and switch to Windows 10. As such, I would hesitate doing so if you're so much into Macs.

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RjL190365

Legend

The iMacs that you have been looking at have not been updated in several years. The CPUs in them are now older-gen CPUs with no more than four threads - woefully inadequate for Premiere Pro these days.

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

I agree with RjL. You do not want to purchase a tired, old Mac. My opinion: A much better bang for the buck is the Mac Mini and MacBook Pros with the new M1 chip. Premiere is still in beta running natively on the M1, but it's already running well in Rosetta 2.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

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JIBIN0101Author

Participant

Thats amazing to know this. But how will the following spec work for
premiere pro?
Processor Type
Intel Core i7-10700F
Processor Speed
2.90 GHz
Processor Cores
8
Processor Cache
16 MB
RAM Size
16 GB
RAM
HyperX 16 GB DDR4-2666 XMP SDRAM memory (1x16 GB) (expandable to 64 GB)
Hard Disk Drive Capacity
2 TB
Solid-State Drive Capacity
256 GB
Hard Drive Speed (Revolutions Per Minute)
7200
Graphics Card
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Dedicated Graphic Card
Yes
Video Memory
6 GB
Sound Card
5.1 surround sound
Audio Output
Headphone/Microphone Combo

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