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Mac Pro vs. iMac for After Effects?
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It depends on the workload and what "significant" means to you, but a Mac Pro is generally going to be a better performer for heavy AE usage.
AE only currently supports CUDA (i.e. nvidia GPUs) for GPU rendering, so that's out. AE will make use of lots of cores, so multi-threaded performance is the key.
Checking out the GeekBench 64-bit Multicore benchmarks is probably the easiest gauge on paper, but keep in mind that an iMac has a lower thermal threshold, so it will likely start to throttle (and/or a lot of fan noise) over an extended continuous render, while the MP can go for days at full throttle without slowing down.
AE only currently supports CUDA (i.e. nvidia GPUs) for GPU rendering, so that's out. AE will make use of lots of cores, so multi-threaded performance is the key.
Checking out the GeekBench 64-bit Multicore benchmarks is probably the easiest gauge on paper, but keep in mind that an iMac has a lower thermal threshold, so it will likely start to throttle (and/or a lot of fan noise) over an extended continuous render, while the MP can go for days at full throttle without slowing down.
