Mac Pro mid2012 12 or 6 core for PT2018

[Meads]

Originally Posted by CV

I'm curious as to what kind of "real world" throughput you're seeing with the Sonnect USB-C card ? Is it quick enough to run an external SSD as your OS drive ?

These are the numbers I get with a SanDisk Ultra II 960GB SSD attached to the Sonnet USB-C card.

[SigFriedChicken]

A new, non-pro, iMac Retina outperforms a 2009 Mac Pro in both single-core and multi-core performance benchmarks. I'm not sure that it makes sense to buy a nearly decade-old computer, however great it was in its day:

https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks


I'd caution that Apple hasn't updated the non-pro iMac in nearly a year, so they are probably close to updating it again. I expect a new non-pro iMac to be released by the end of the year.

[Meads]

Originally Posted by SigFriedChicken

A new, non-pro, iMac Retina outperforms a 2009 Mac Pro in both single-core and multi-core performance benchmarks. I'm not sure that it makes sense to buy a nearly decade-old computer, however great it was in its day.

Just ran a GB on my 2009 MacPro and I get a single core score of 2670 and a multicore of 30807. So while the iMac non pro has a higher single core performance this decade old computer still smokes it with multi core performance. Well - obviously, since it has 8 more cores than the iMac (which I assume is a quad core?).

[CV]

Originally Posted by Meads

These are the numbers I get with a SanDisk Ultra II 960GB SSD attached to the Sonnet USB-C card.

Thanks!

[off the wall]

Originally Posted by SD70

Would this be a good move for PT2018? Clock speed 2.66 or 3.33...older machine but would it make sense to invest in an older machine? I see they are Avid qualified.

I’m running PT 2018.4 HDX on a 2010 MacPro 12 core. See sig for specs. It runs great. The only downside is no Thunderbolt but usb 3 seems to be gaining much better traction than Thunderbolt ever did.

[Howardk]

Originally Posted by off the wall

I’m running PT 2018.4 HDX on a 2010 MacPro 12 core. See sig for specs. It runs great. The only downside is no Thunderbolt but usb 3 seems to be gaining much better traction than Thunderbolt ever did.

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Mac Pro 5,1 3.46 Ghz 12 core, AMD 7970 GPU, SSD boot drive on 6Gb/sec PCIe card, 22GB RAM, MacOS 10.13.6.
Pro Tools Ultimate 2018.12. HDX, UA Octo PCIe cards, HD I/O, C|24 control surface.
Mostly Avid, Waves, Sonnex and UAD Plug-ins
Genelec 1031AP/7070A 5.1 monitoring.

Hi

Do you have any issues with CPU spikes causing AAE -9171 Halts with your system? Or do you never use native VIs or Plugins?

[off the wall]

Originally Posted by Howardk

Hi

Do you have any issues with CPU spikes causing AAE -9171 Halts with your system? Or do you never use native VIs or Plugins?

No issues with CPU spikes or AAE -9171.

I use Waves plug-ins quite extensively and those are all Native now.

I don't often use VIs. Mostly mixing and mastering on this rig.

[LDS]

Originally Posted by SigFriedChicken

A new, non-pro, iMac Retina outperforms a 2009 Mac Pro in both single-core and multi-core performance benchmarks. I'm not sure that it makes sense to buy a nearly decade-old computer, however great it was in its day:

https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks


I'd caution that Apple hasn't updated the non-pro iMac in nearly a year, so they are probably close to updating it again. I expect a new non-pro iMac to be released by the end of the year.

Yeah, as Meads mentioned - very few people are still running the stock Apple configurations for 2009 - 2012 cMPs. I've seen those old machines go for as little as $350USD in dual CPU configurations. It is quite possible to have a machine that benchmarks between 20,000 and 31,000 for less than a $1000USD. Newer computers obviously have a bunch of upsides, but for shear bang for buck those old cMP's are still very much outshining a whole range of Apple's newer models.

Here is an old, upgraded 2009 Mac Pro for example.

http://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench3/582668

[off the wall]

Originally Posted by LDS

Yeah, as Meads mentioned - very few people are still running the stock Apple configurations for 2009 - 2012 cMPs. I've seen those old machines go for as little as $350USD in dual CPU configurations. It is quite possible to have a machine that benchmarks between 20,000 and 31,000 for less than a $1000USD. Newer computers obviously have a bunch of upsides, but for shear bang for buck those old cMP's are still very much outshining a whole range of Apple's newer models.

Here is an old, upgraded 2009 Mac Pro for example.

http://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench3/582668

Yeah, my upgraded processor 2010 Mac Pro has Geekbench 4 Multi-core scores in the same range as top of the line 2018 MBP's and 2013 Trash Can's.

http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/7575004

Note: The 2009 Geekbench 3 scores posted above read a bit higher than Geekbench 4 scores.

[john1192]

www.ipowerresale.com

i have the 6-core .. bought from them couple years ago .. when it shipped it was at my door the next day ... !!! and it was 1699.99 then ... now with more ram, SSD drive, and 1099.00 ..

cheers john