Intel's Coffee Lake Chips Bring Significant Speed Boosts to 2019 iMacs

[Voyageur]

I am hopeful that the RX3060, 3070, 3080 (if that is what they are indeed called) will give a decent lift over the existing Polaris 10, 20 and 30 GPUs such that Apple follows up with an interim update of the iMac later this year, perhaps even giving the iMac a 10-core Comet Lake CPU.

How any of those GPUs stack up against the Vega 48 BTO remains to be seen. Conventional wisdom says they will be faster than the 500X, but I have been burned before, so I will wait and see.

Sounds reasonable. However, Apple’s actions spew out my principle to expect the worst. To be honest, I already expected more from the graphics, which should have been in place of Vega 48. Its power did not convince me to buy Aimag 2019 (in addition to all the features in it that do not suit me).

As for Navi, it is fair to assume that the cards for Apple computers will also be significantly upgraded or even made to order as 48. Perhaps you are right, there will be a good step forward in power. On the other hand, CAN BE a new architecture and 7nm process technology will be used as much as possible to optimize consumption and heating, and nothing more.

That would be lovely (at least for those who haven’t already bought an Early 2019 iMac!), but based on Apple’s last two update cycles, I’d be a little surprised if Apple updates the iMac again before Late 2020.

Honestly, I am among those who have decided to wait and who are hoping for a miracle at the end of this year.
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I would imagine there must be some Windows applications that are better than their macOS counterparts (nothing leaps out at me, but then I don’t pay much attention to Windows apps), just as there are macOS applications that are better than anything available on Windows. It’s a wide world, after all.

I am always pleasantly surprised by the Blizzard policy, which releases and optimizes its games on MacOS so well that they sometimes work smoother than on Windows bootcamp

 

[bobmepp]

Couldn't care less.

No larger screens with slimmer bezels -- CHECK
No updated thermal architecture -- CHECK ...

But, if there is a slimmer bezel, that could make it even harder to get the thing apart for cleaning. I have always questioned the lack of filters and easy opening for cleaning the iMac. We live in a dusty world, and that dusty air is being drawn through the iMac all day long. The propensity of the iMac to get too warm and draw a lot of air is well known. I await the new Mac Pro, or a totally redesigned iMac.

 

[Spectrum]

Or get an i7 mac mini that is second in the list in performance but with the flexibility of 4xTB3 ports, 10Gbe, BYO monitor of your choice, and the same eGPU options. All for a fraction of the cost top-spec 27 inch machine.
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/12663816

 

[Colonel Blimp]

Or get an i7 mac mini that is second in the list in performance but with the flexibility of 4xTB3 ports, 10Gbe, BYO monitor of your choice, and the same eGPU options. All for a fraction of the cost top-spec 27 inch machine.
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/12663816

Indeed. The folks gnashing their teeth about the iMac’s bezels and the lack of 10Gb Ethernet and only two Thunderbolt 3 ports and the stock-configuration spinning drives that nobody is forcing them at gunpoint to choose etc. ad nauseam… it would seem that these folks could get a Mac mini and be happy.

 

[Peter_M]

NOTE: This is not meant to imply that Apple's current computer designs don't have major, major failings. This is WHY Apple's hardware business would die - because 3rd parties could make far better hardware than Apple's current designs. I feel this is more because Apple has severe internal cultural problems than because Apple's engineers aren't capable.

-> Insert generic comment about Tim Cook and Apple's fetish for diversity employments, identity politics and political correctness. Get woke, go broke.