6-core vs. 12-core MacPro w/ ProTools

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by Marsdy

I’ve only just moved to 2019.5 and Mojave so I’ve yet to test if there has been any improvements in CPU usage with VIs

You might be surprised how good it is

[Cheesehead]

You might be surprised how good it is

I agree, there's a really noticeable improvement in multi core cpu handling in 2019.5. The extra voices are great too and seem to take the load off, at least in my workflow.

[off the wall]

Originally Posted by Oliver M

Stick to the 6-core, the 12-core will not improve performance with PT. The RAM will make the difference though.

I think that is really dependent on the plug-ins you are running in a given session. Pro Tools itself uses all the cores. With the combination of mix plug-ins I typically use, I noticed a huge improvement going from 8 to 12 cores on my 5,1 Cheesegrater.

[Eric Lambert]

I'll be using 2019.5, so core distribution is much improved over previous versions. I do know that single-core operations will be slower on the 12-core due to its clock speed, but most of the apps I use employ all cores.

I do use Vienna but it's never pressed my CPU too hard, and I'm 99% certain that it uses all cores (there are preference settings related to this). Plugins that do eat CPU are u-He products, Output's Arcade (terribly buggy, especially when taxing the CPU), and of course some of the modern reverbs.

[Marsdy]

Originally Posted by Eric Lambert

I'll be using 2019.5, so core distribution is much improved over previous versions. I do know that single-core operations will be slower on the 12-core due to its clock speed, but most of the apps I use employ all cores.

I do use Vienna but it's never pressed my CPU too hard, and I'm 99% certain that it uses all cores (there are preference settings related to this). Plugins that do eat CPU are u-He products, Output's Arcade (terribly buggy, especially when taxing the CPU), and of course some of the modern reverbs.

The VE Pro app itself uses multiple cores but does the VE Pro plug-in in PT do so too, or for that matter any other single plug-in instance? My point is I do get VE Pro CPU spikes on my trashcan 12 core when an instrument track is record armed and the PT dual buffer thing comes into play. This is on demanding Kontakt instruments though.

Just out of interest I’ve run my Kontakt stress test session in 2019.5/Mojave. It won’t play back and just locks PT up. It DID play fine in 12.6.1 (PTs best ever version for me.)

That said the BIG variable is I was using Kontakt 5 in 12.6.1 and I’m now running K6. Disappointing though. I’ll try Kontakt 5 later if I get time.

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by Marsdy

TThat said the BIG variable is I was using Kontakt 5 in 12.6.1 and I’m now running K6. Disappointing though. I’ll try Kontakt 5 later if I get time.

Earlier K5 were much better than the later ones, K6 is a hog

[Eric Lambert]

Agreed, and I'm not upgrading to K6.

[685]

The 6core Macmini looks cool so I would guess that the 8core iMac would do more.



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[Eric Lambert]

I installed the 12-core CPU tonight and the increase in processing power is not subtle. Technically, my previous 6-core Geekbenched at 20,712 and with the 12-core it's now 32,011. That's a significant increase, and I can feel it in ProTools and everywhere else. And it was only $500 all-in. Far better than buying an entirely new refurb for $3k.

[JFreak]

Good to hear