AME on new Mac Studio renders only slightly faster than 2017 iMac

[aaronlyon]

I sure hope this is an Adobe software issue...

I just got my new Mac Studio today: M1 Max, 32GB RAM. Ran a render of an After Effects project using AME, with the Match Source, High Bitrate preset (1080p, H.264, VBR 1-pass 10Gbps). Render time was 13:36.

Compare with my render time on my 2017 iMac Core i7: 14:44.

So...that's NOT a great improvement. Is this an area where Adobe has not optimized for the M1 chip? 

[Warren Heaton · Accepted solution]

Are you using the current version of After Effects or the beta?  Right now, only the AE beta is Apple silicon native.

[aaronlyon]

Current version, not beta. I'll see if I can get the beta!

[Fergus H]

Information about how to use Creative Cloud beta applications is here: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/creative-cloud-beta.html. The summary of that article is:

1. Beta apps are available from the "Beta Apps" section of the Creative Cloud Desktop app. 

2. Beta apps are designed to be installed alongside release apps - it's completely safe to have both installed. However...

3. Beta apps are unfinished and should not be relied upon for critical work.  

Regards,

Fergus

[aaronlyon]

Result of same render using AEbeta 24.4.0(build 14): 8:50.

That's an improvement! Requires only 60% as much time as on my old iMac. 

Go Adobe!

[Warren Heaton]

We're getting close to After Effects on Apple silicon coming out of beta.

For those keeping an eye on this, John Colombo's Adobe blog is worth following:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-beta-discussions/after-effects-beta-now-on-apple-silico...

The early word on After Effects and the M1 Ultra is "fast". 

[default826mex8qnluj]

From my perspective the struggles are found in Media Encoder, not After Effects. Will shifting to the Media Encoder Beta help AME render times?

[default826mex8qnluj]

Or is it the Media Encoder beta that will help that?

[default826mex8qnluj]

Updated AE and AME, got the AME Beta, now seeing long render times in AME before crashing entirely. Sigh.