photography only

[allan53]

The tests for throttling involve heavy video work. Does that mean things might be different (as to throttling) with simple photography. I bring my D850 files into a folder on my ssd. Then I use Photo Mechanic to cull. Then I import photos into LR CC. Afterwards, I edit some in PS CC. The only batch work I do is to export files to jpg.
I will get a 1TB ssd with 32 bg of ram.

I would like to know what is the best processor for me - would the i9 being overheating and throttling in my situation, would the i9 be much faster with the apps I use? I don't mind spending the extra $$ if it will make my work a bit faster.

 

[maflynn]

I would like to know what is the best processor for me - would the i9 being overheating and throttling in my situation, would the i9 be much faster with the apps I use? I don't mind spending the extra $$ if it will make my work a bit faster.

I'm using a 2012 MBP with lightroom, I don't believe you need an i9 for such tasks, that imo, is overkill. I'm waiting to get my base model 2018 MBP which should arrive tomorrow and I can let you know how it works with Lightroom. I really don't expect to deal with much heating issues with Lightroom or PS. There's also macs fan control to manually control the fans and spin them up more aggressively and thus cool the mac is need be

 

[allan53]

I don't mind spending extra for the i9. Would it be any faster or would it slow down and be slower than the i7.

 

[Fishrrman]

My opinion:
i9 would be a waste of money.
It seems like a CPU chip that "isn't quite ready for prime time" yet.
i7 may actually yield -better- overall performance under load.

 

[Painter2002]

I second @maflynn opinion. I use a 2017 13” MBP with the dual core 3.1 i5 and use Lightroom a lot on it. I experience no issues, with little to no lag on photo editing. I personally would stick with the i7, as I don’t think you’ll see that much of a processing boost out of the i9.
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I don't mind spending extra for the i9. Would it be any faster or would it slow down and be slower than the i7.

At this point it seems to be the consensus that if you are doing sustained heavy processor usage, that yes the i9 is likely to slow down and might even run slower than the i7. I think there could be a software optimization fix for this (although many will disagree with that), but honestly the i7 is more than enough for you to do your photo edits, and should last you a good 6-7 years and still run fine.