MP 6,1 Purchase advise

[bcomer]

I currently have a hex-core trashcan for Photoshop 2020.
A friend has a 12 core trashcan for sale and am a bit torn if it
might be better suited for that application.

I have been monitoring thread activity on my trashcan and
it does spike all cores in Bridge when opening a folder with
lots of raw files and other times.

In previous versions Photoshop has been better served by
faster single core clock speeds. 2020 contained lots of changes
so some departure from previous core behaviour is expected.

I want and can afford a 2019 MP but the cost of entry is killing me.

Thoughts?

 

[majus]

The trashcan has an extremely limited future now. Go for the 2019; you ultimately will be happy you did.

 

[sam80]

I work in Photoshop all day. I have both 6 core and 10 core trashcan. The 10 core is an unofficial processor @ 3 GHz, so higher clock speed than the 12 core 2.7 GHz. I use CS 2020.

I don't think it makes a lot of sense at this stage when 2019 is available. From the experience with the 10 core, I don't think the 12 core would be of much tangible benefit for Photoshop. With more cores but lower clock speed some multi threaded filters run faster which is nice, but it feels less snappy with some other operations.

 

[bcomer]

I ordered a 2019 12 core with base memory (for now) and 1TB SSD.
Will post the trashcan for sale.

Professionally I am a software developer and run VMs from time to time.

 

[deconstruct60]

The trashcan has an extremely limited future now.

Extremely limited by what?
Support coverage. Highly likely not. Apple's support "count down" clock doesn't start until the product is discontinued. ( it doesn't start when it is released).

Lust for new tech factor ?
Perhaps. But that isn't necessarily a workload driven requirement.

Matching future workload growth by "moving up" on core count.?
Yeah that is limited. Photoshop outside of load/export still has many of the same limitations the previous versions had. So the fast base clock and overall cache and instruction efficiency of the new CPUs is a better move than to an older, slower 12 core model. ( not going to make up throughput on a handful of more cores versus the newer CPU options. ) It isn't really a 'new' factor that the 12 core MP 2013 is still not the path to better, well rounded performance with Photoshop.

However, For someone who has somewhat stable workload and the current MP 2013 6 core was working "good enough" there isn't a huge limit. Adobe shifting some more stuff to GPU should actually help eek out a bit more time on the previous Mac Pro for those that need/wan to.
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Professionally I am a software developer and run VMs from time to time.

Virtualization wise there is a very substantive jump in improvement. That is a relatively bigger than the mainstream, generic computational subsystem differences

 

[bcomer]

Thanks for the input.

 

[w4rmk]

Why would you buy another trashcan? Just upgrade the CPU in your current trashcan. I upgraded mine from a 4-core to an 8-core processor.

 

[bcomer]

Bought trashcan in 2014 and has served it’s purpose - time for a speed bump and expandability.