Output time Workstation vs. Macbook

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Roman Parlow

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Output time Workstation vs. Macbook

PostTue Oct 10, 2017 1:57 pm

Hey Guys,

I'm pretty newbie in video editing. I've build a workstation which consists of Ryzen 1800X (@3950Mhz), Asus X370 Pro, 32GB Gskill DDR4, 960 Pro Nvme SSD and a GTX 1080 (@2075Mhz). So far the specs. With release of Resolve 14 and the promise to get much faster I tested also my 2015 MacBook Pro against my workstation. Just for fun. I thought that the Macbook must be really much slower. But it isnt. I testet it with my project (exported it) which consits of some mavic pro files. I choosed 4K 30fps H264 as output. The Ryzen needs 4:28 and the Macbook 9:XX. Nearly twice the time. Is that possible? I compared 16 Threads with 3950Mhz against 4 Threads with 3100Mhz. I thought the difference must be much more. I recognized that the CPU-Load is also not always 100%, also the GPU-Clock is not always on max 2075Mhz. Sometimes only 1600Mhz!?

What could be the limiting Factor? Any Ideas?

Thanks in advance!
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Re: Output time Workstation vs. Macbook

PostThu Oct 12, 2017 9:59 am

It's probably related to your source file. On Mac h264 is hardware decoded.
Use e.g. DNxHR source and export to DNxHR- difference should be way bigger.
You may want to pay for Studio license to get better h264 handling.
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Re: Output time Workstation vs. Macbook

PostSat Oct 14, 2017 12:29 am

Ok so in your opinion its normal? Do you have a link with sample files which I can use for a test?

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