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[@MaksimYuryev]

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[@grantshields5712]

Max Yuryev how many gigs of ram does these test machine have ?

[@benjaminpeternorris]

Great video! - It does make me wonder whether Apple will ever decide to include Vega 20 GPU options in the 2018 Mac Mini.

[@followmypath9438]

Hey Max ! thank you so much for your videos it really helps a lot :) I have a very important question : What's the best set up in your opinion (I don't want my macbook to overheat, but I also want some more storage) option 1: 2018 Macbook pro 32go Ram Vega 20 512gb SSD option 2: 2018 Macbook pro 32go Ram 560x 1tb SSD

[@MaksimYuryev]

@@benjaminpeternorris Oh that would be so nice!!

[@aceroca]

@maxyuryev I have a credit with apple that is exactly the cost of the i9,v20,32gb,1tb ssd... It's what they have to pick up at any store without the 2 week wait. --- I feel like the spec sheet gives it a more resellabe value 2 years from now. What do you think? I edit Red Raw/A7s 2. Connected to two thunderbolt apple monitors.

[@SpringloftStudio]

Thanks Max! Finally I maxed it out except getting the i7 rather than i9 after watching your reviews many many many times (I gotta make sure I didn’t misunderstand your results to fork out that funding...). Now I feel very happy not losing much productivity!

[@pranavthakkar8537]

Thanks Max, I've been waiting to get the i7 for the longest time.. this really helps. Your real world editing tests help out so much.

[@JakeFishmanTech]

Nice video, Max! Your comparisons are always bringing great insights for people looking to purchase a new machine.

[@MaksimYuryev]

Thanks!

[@dougmorato]

Great video Max!

[@shawvercreations9703]

Max I got the i7 32gb ram MBP and love it. Your channel is awesome!!!

[@lcrooks69]

Max is easily the premier KZbin tech reviewer. He's honest, transparent, and knowledgeable. His reviews are not biased like other big names on KZbin. Please keep the integrity Max no matter how big you get. Thanks.

[@SpringloftStudio]

lcrooks69 not only reviewers, I read into forums too many “professionals” posting their benchmarks but none post exactly what I need in real world and correct setup like Max. The whole internet is making me very uncomfortable to make any decision and finally I only pull the trigger base on Max’s results. I feel safe here!

[@lcrooks69]

@@SpringloftStudio agree 100%. Example are phone reviews. It's incredible how every prominent KZbinr loves the iPhone (even though it is ridiculously over priced) or the pixel because of it's clean and incredible UI as though it is a Linux machine and they are coding on their phones (the pixel is also a shitty overpriced phone with a decent camera). Completely useless, predictable bullshit reviews. Not Max!! He's honest and not corrupted by sponsors.

[@SpringloftStudio]

lcrooks69 ha ha! Actually I love my iPhones, not that it is super great, just that I’m lazy. It really need me and my family the minimal maintenance, while I’m the only guy supporting my family’s IT. The time I spend less on Apple maintenance after I switched my entire family? I’d say 20-100 times saved, no kidding! (Oh yeah should not raise this discussion here...)

[@lcrooks69]

@@SpringloftStudio iPhone are great. They are just incredibly expensive. Any objective review should be honest about that. Most of the prominent KZbinrs are not.

[@SpringloftStudio]

lcrooks69 yes, you’re right, no wonder I’m so broke...

[@mikemuponda1781]

Gotta appreciate this man! very objective and straight to the point!

[@paolosorisantos4786]

Super great Information in detailed. More and more subs! 🤙 - fan since 20k+ subs 😂

[@GeekTherapyRadio]

And here I am cruising along with Sony Vegas 15 ;) Great video as always!

[@BigFlavorFilms]

Nice work Max, as usual! I went with the Vega 20 i9 and now wondering if I just wasted 300.00! I'd like to point out that graded C200 RAW 4K footage plays back smooth as butter at 1/2 resolution for me in Premiere. While editing, 1/2 res for graded RAW is still pretty impressive to me.

[@iboughtarv6570]

Max, I really appreciate your videos. Could you do a video discussing more about the type of footage you are doing these tests with? C200, Red Raw, etc... I think your viewer base knows the basics of what you’re talking about, but we’d like to know some more details. Thank you for awesome videos, and I’m glad you got your channel back up and running!

[@gamevichannel]

Just ordered mine :D exactly like that, i7, Vega 20, 32GB RAM and etc...cannot wait for it :D

[@diwu4148]

Thank you for sharing your most honest take on these things.

[@LuisClement]

Great one, fully agreed! Having lots of challanges with mbp vega 20 and boot camp and VR. It works but needs a lot of work in Intel XTU to avoid throttling with the i7... cheers

[@AnthonyTrujillo5]

Everytime when I think about a comparison of this kind @Max Yurvev came with a video! I´m on the 2018 6 Core i7 2.6Ghz with the 560x Graphics, wishing a Vega 20 because I work on some 3D graphics and After Effects, If you can do a comparison on that would be great, I dont see nobody have a video comparing performance in After Effects with the 560x vs Vega 16 & 20! Thanks for your amazing content!

[@powerhouse884]

Anthony Trujillo I bought the one you have and then Bought the Vega 20 model. Currently i have 2 laptops. I am keeping the i9 Vega 20 over the i7 560X. The performance in gaming is very very noticeable. I can play games on highest settings and higher resolution. Cinebench scores are higher as well.

[@AnthonyTrujillo5]

@@powerhouse884 Good for you, have you compared doing some 3D or After Effects stuff?

[@Zortoxon]

Nice video! Keep Them coming

[@serwoschamutzki]

Best man!!! Thanks for this Video

[@Thomasjcolbert82]

Another great video!

[@Xraller]

Exactly the info I needed. Thanks. I do 3D work. Would be nice if you did some tests for that for the i7 vs i9 with the Vega 20.

[@L3x4Pr0ne]

Your content is always outstanding

[@ririlan2137]

After watching your videos, I just bought the 2.6GHz i7 with 32 Gig of RAM and the Vega 20. Coming from a Macbook Pro 2013, it's a HUGE upgrade. Using Davinci, I can't believe how smooth my editing is!!! So glad of my new Macbook :))

[@jimmyhidalgo2680]

Thank you! I bought my 2018 macbook pro 13” and was worried if i made the wrong decision! So glad to see that i didnt!

[@notyetperfect6769]

The biggest take away I get from these videos is: don’t use premiere.

[@MaksimYuryev]

Haha yes

[@hoodaffairstv]

I7 and Vega sounds good enough for me...👌🏽

[@BrettFunkGuitar]

You might just be the best reviewer I've seen on KZbin for tech stuff. You talk fast, clear and concise, and even though much of what you're saying is over my head, I can understand your point from your context, and sometimes a Google search. I've learned a lot from you. Just want to thank you for that Max, and for taking the time to spec out the video editing PC that I'm gonna build soon. You rock Brother!!!

[@magnusnils1]

Great video! What I’d really want to know now is the difference between the vega 16 and vega 20. I asked Apple, and they didn’t even know. Would love some benchmark comparison of these!

[@RockyColaFizz]

Why oh why does anyone use Premier Pro on a Mac. Heck it even runs slow on a bad ass PC

[@BarryMaskell]

Premier Pro is just a copy of FCP Ver 7

[@jambononi]

Yeah I'm getting progressively more and more frustrated with Premiere. I just know it so well, and edit on PC a lot and most people use Premiere so it's just easier. But tempted to go to Resolve as I don't like the idea of being stuck in a Mac eco-system! I assume you use FCP Pro? Don't you move over to it or just always been Apple?

[@estebanguerrero1019]

Dynamic link and the convenience of a subscription service

[@RockyColaFizz]

@@jambononi Been on FCPX and just know it well. Been a mac guy for about 6 years now. However - I have a great PC used solely for gaming. If I was going to edit on a PC for sure it would be on Resolve. Still better optimized the Premier, and it can travel well through the PC Mac astroplane.

[@karasawamiko2936]

premiere actually works pretty well on pcs because of the nvidia cards, premiere just dont really optimize for amd gpus which apple uses

[@FabEnPeOr2]

Hi Max, First of all thanks for your amazing content! I am sure you are already working on it and if not it would be awesome to see a video about the new iMac 2019 they are just able between i5 6-Cores or over expensive models with i9 8-cores. Personally I have been looking for something to edit and coloring RAW BlackMagic Footage, a lot of Motion Graphics in After Effects and normal Illustrator and Photoshop work. It would be awesome to hear your opinion about what is the best to get. Since I was waiting for this upgrades of the iMacs... But those prices and specs dunno make me turn into windows and for example the ThinkStation P330 Tiny (Nvidia Grafik) for a clean easy work station set up. Thanks again!

[@hazelvee2527]

Excellent!

[@harmanhora5011]

well done sir !!!

[@OneCharmingQuark]

You should test the latest generation of NVENC and QuickSync encoding on a Windows PC with Resolve Studio 15.2. You should also compare exporting from the Render Cache in Resolve with exporting from a pre-rendered timeline in FCP X.

[@MarceloTezza]

Unique quality content! Thanks!

[@levicochrane]

Hey, Max great video! Question for you; Have you heard about Apple making their own chips in the next refresh? I heard it could affect software developers like Adobe from being able to realise their software on the mac.

[@jopoiss8100]

Well maybe you can help me or there is something I dont understand: I cant order an i7 macbook pro with vega 20 on the webiste on either USA and Canadian website. How is it that you owe one in this video? Did you order it at the store on special specifiction?

[@mosthated8190]

I want to know too

[@panosb3545]

i would love to see the same tests putting the laptops inside a fridge!

[@mateuszmalik1531]

Still it would be nice to see other kinds of test. You guys stick to video editing, but compression could also be a good test. Apart from that this was a good video and shows what one should do. Hopefully the 10th Gen Intel will be better, but I guess this will happen by the end of this year ot even in 2020.

[@Vimildar]

Hey Max! Great video, but I’m curious what difference there would be if you use an eGPU? That would allow the thermal design to be primarily used for the CPU. I think more people are going to use eGPU as part of their setup

[@markfoerster6818]

Max - love your vids! How does Thunderbolt 3 handle UHD with a T3 Raid 0 drive - can I edit native files or I'm still into proxies? Keep up the good work! Is there a video covering this?

[@HiFiInsider]

Max, please review the new Blackmagic eGPU Pro with LG 4K Ultrafine display and base 13" MBP or Air. Thank you!

[@OzzieTech]

I just got my new macbook pro and went with the i7 and the vega 20 with 32gb ram and love it.

[@MaksimYuryev]

Great choice!

[@OzzieTech]

@@MaksimYuryev thanks mate and this video confirms I did the right choice

[@Gushai13]

I want to get one with the same specs but I am not sure about the storage. Should I spent even more money for 1Tb ssd or the 512Gb would be fine working on an external SSD. What about windows and partition on 512ssd? Mainly I need thay laptop for video editing.

[@henson530]

I just ordered the MacBook Pro tonight with Vega 20 and i9 but with the 16gb ram I gotta flex with the i9😂

[@gamevichannel]

Just ordered mine :D exactly like that, i7, Vega 20, 32GB RAM and etc...cannot wait for it :o

[@baiqiudi]

thanks,Max!I decide to change 560x model to vega20,not i7 to i9.

[@carterjohnson25]

I thought the Geek bench scores was the Price of the MBP.

[@Nightizm]

Can someone please tell me what the idling temperatures are for the i7 vs i9? Does the i9 stay hotter usually? Thanks

[@MrSocrat2010]

Nice video Max!, I need your advice , I am a Maths teacher and I don’t do heavy video editing just the regular stuff my work needs, you know lessons preparing and other things. so what do you think should I go with the i7 base model or what . Thanks

[@Evermore2017]

Question: What configuration do you think would be the easiest to resell?? My personal needs are only 16gb/1TB - but - I want to resell and upgrade when it’s time. What configurations do you think will get the most money returned? Thanks.

[@CO8848_2]

i9 and thin and light don't mesh. Apple now built anticipation for the A13x MBP, when they fail to deliver the performance in 2020, we will see what happens to their stock

[@muralboletube]

Hello Max! I saw your vid about 8700k build and decided to take it as a guide. So currently i have 8700k (@4.8Ghz stable), asrock z370 pro4 MoBo, 16Gb RAM, 120Gb sata ssd, 2Tb HDD and a Gigabyte 1080 premium edition. I had a project shot on GH5s in 4k log, decided to grade in Resolve and finish in premiere pro. And i was quite a bit disappointed about lags while cursoring though my TL and less visible while playing back. It is mostly in premiere but also in DaVinci. IDK what to do) My cache is on ssd.. And the system load is waaay far from 100% Like CPU is 50% max usage, GPU is less than 10%, RAM - 8-10Gb. What did I do wrong? The last thing I`m thinking about is H.264 but i dont know for sure. In the video you said you used A7ii footage, was it also H.264 or smth else? I really don`t know what else to think about. So asked if you can help) Greetings from Ukraine! Albert

[@LukasRauchPhotography]

Max, quick question since you get hands on the Macbook Pro's all the time. I just got me a mid 2018 15" (2,6GHz, 16GB, 512GB, 560X) and noticed some serious coil whine not only when demanding the SSD (booting, installing apps, SSD benchmark whatsoever), but also when I perform GPU intensive tasks. For instance, when I scrub through the timeline in Resolve I can always clearly hear a coil whine sound coming from the area round the "m"-key. The faster I scrub through, the louder it actually is. Sometimes it's enough to only move the cursor in certain areas in Resolve, such as in the LUT library. It's even worse in FCX. Have you ever experienced something like this? Thank you & keep up the great work!

[@iram7983]

Hi tkxs for your video ! I do video editing on fcpx. I still hesitate between i7 and i9 ... Do you think the i9 can be optimized in the years to come?

[@jambononi]

I've desperately wanted someone to do this for the XPS 15 (would do it myself but can't quite justify the price haha). People complained the i9 was badly throttled but never directly compared it to the i7!?! I wonder what happens with the new Aero 15x with 2080 RTX and i9, should be interesting!

[@1fasteye]

Hi Max Did you test these with a laptop cooler? It would be worth it if it was "as fast" while traveling, but then 15-20% faster when you get home. Also, it would be great to test these with PS CC to see if the graphics of CPU* made a difference.

[@yezhacker]

I know a i9 9900k build for video editing is not the best bang for the buck but I'd like to watch its performance on Canon Cinema RAW and RED RAW (among other codecs difficult to work with) against X-series, Threadrippers and iMacs configurations

[@lukesanchez]

What about for gaming? Does the i9 make a difference for gaming?

[@terenceriley1375]

Thanks, Max! Just a quick question. What control surface are you using, if any? I'm guessing you have at least one that ticks all your boxes. I probably could search your archives. I'll check that out, but if you don't mind. Thanks again.

[@reemmahmoud8332]

I'm a uni student and I just need a laptop just to write and research my essays is mbp 16. i9. 1 tb is good¿¿ or should I get the mbp 16 p i7 512GB¿

[@boni]

I went for i7 and Vega 20 for $2,749 thanks to you and the amazing discount code and it Is the best computer by far I ever had. Hugs

[@tylerpoe8628]

Daniel Bonilla discount code!?

[@TheEmailDev]

+Daniel Bonilla How did you find a good discount code because I've searched the whole internet and couldn't even find one discount code but luckily I found their education portal and got a really good discount due to being a student.

[@boni]

HelloTyler and Berkay, since blackfriday this wonderful guys gave us the code APPINSIDER that works in adorama, the fisrt time you could buy it from 2949 but later this laptop was special price plus discount and for the price i got i think Is just perfect and lucky

[@TheEmailDev]

@@boni Thank you for the replay. Apparently, they don't ship outside of USA (I am in Canada). Btw, when I was checking out adorama, the Honey app also found the same discount code you were talking about but it's spelled APINSIDER, I think you misspelled it since the one Honey app suggested had one 'P' in it and it worked and it said I saved $225 which makes me happy with my purchase on the Canadian version of the apple site because, throught their education portal, I've saved $593 Canadian dollars ($447 USD) on my purchase due to being a student which is amazing.

[@boni]

Berkay Tamer yes i was in the same boat because i from México i and could buy at first but finally i could, but the shipping must be in US territory lucky me i have family. Wonderful you can save almost 500dlls. Just remember buy applecare i read a lot of things that we need to be carefully for this expensive machine

[@SpirusFilms]

Thanks for the videos, Max. Would you consider repasting the i9 MBP with a higher performance thermal compound and compare those results to this video with the stock compound?

[@MaksimYuryev]

Just the i9 or both? I feel like if you do one you should do both for it to be fair. I repasted the 6 core 8700 in my Mac mini and it made almost no difference so I’m not very optimistic with the MacBook and don’t want to mess anything up..

[@GiuseppePipia]

I did go with the i7, along with 32GB of RAM and Vega 20. That i9 in a laptop is just putting a magnificent creature in a small cage. Better spend that 300 dollars to an hard disk for a direct-attached storage or a NAS.

[@danielmcintosh]

Can you please compare the Vega 16 vs Vega 20 in the new MBP?

[@ultrasoundconcept]

Nice Video, sometimes I wish You suggest something for those of us who are indo Audio/Music Production and would prefer to use a Mavnook Pro. Does the Vege really help. In this regard..?

[@SpringloftStudio]

Ultrasound Music audio and music is not draining as much like video editing. I found even adding a text label on my video drains a lot of render power, while using even lots of software plug in even 10 years ago runs well with 24 bit 48 hz. You’d care a lot about latency and disruption than power nowadays, like cutting off all network connections and background tasks, your audio interfaces.

[@lmike6453]

Would the i9 be worth it for code compilation, docker for mac, or gaming in bootcamp?

[@DVKmusicofficial]

What about noise? My MacBook 2017 I-7 560x to much noise. MacBook with Vega 20 also noise?

[@MaksimYuryev]

For take that won’t max out your CPU/GPU computer it should be a little quieter since the graphics puts out less heat but for heavy use it will be similar.

[@Dobrufusnoretro]

I still use ipad pro 10.5 2017 256gb as my main computer and love it. Maybe in 10 years Ill upgrade

[@BM-eo2oh]

HI, I'm an editor mainly using Premiere, but looking to upgrade to a mac and learn final cut pro. What Laptop can you recommend? The link you recommended is no longer available.

[@alexandersokolov7001]

At 0:22 you say that you compared an i9 model to other graphics cards. What?

[@yangziriverchen7109]

why adobe premiere so Inefficient on macOS ？

[@larrycrain4505]

For photography what do you suggest if your using a stitching program for pano with files as large as say 4 gigs would the base model be sufficient or go with more ram and a upgraded graphics card ?

[@MaksimYuryev]

Go for the base model but upgrade to 32GB of ram, that’s what will actually help you for your needs.

[@abdurrahmankhan129]

I looked at 15” MacBook Pro that you bought. I’m wondering, why did you get only 512GB for the storage? Why didn’t you get 1TB? Is it because you put everything on external drives? Looking at the Apple Store and Best Buy it seems that for about $450 you can get 2 1TB SSD external drives for the price of just 1 TB internally on the MacBook Pro. Maybe this is why you only have the 512GB option.

[@nenoman3855]

Premiere Pro is horribly unoptimized. Please make a comparison between Davinci and PP for us Windows users considering a switch to Resolve.

[@asfanebi567]

i wonder it's worth upgrade to 560x from 555x..?

[@mazditzo]

sigh ... wish they give intel celeron option for macbook pro, because I need it for checking my email and watching youtub

[@KeithTreder]

Aren't all the tests done heavy on the GPU rather than the CPU?

[@rohanjain4573]

You have to remember that the i9 is useful for stuff like coding where compiling requires short bursts. Short burst workloads really benefit from the i9

[@gabrielegelfofx]

Editing programs use massively the gpu, for example pluging an egpu you will get better performance, you are comparing Vega 20 vs Vega 20. If you do 3D renderings with Keyshot you will notice the difference. Probably 10 seconds faster for one frame rendered of 1000 worth $300,00.

[@m.stephens7687]

Wouldn’t you want to run tests that are more demanding on the CPU rather than the GPU? I’m no computer engineer but I would guess that they should perform pretty similar on those graphic-based tests since they have the same GPU. Am I missing something here?

[@febrianadji5758]

All these MacBook need is a proper thermal paste I mean Snazzy Labs has proven even repaste it with a budget paste like the MX3 his Mac mini never throttle while the stock one has throttle issue If Apple able to work with lets say either Noctua or Artic to make a better mass produce paste for their product to minimize throttle issue probably the performance will better

[@sansone9651]

[] Thanks Max [] God BLESS YOU for care about our money. In Italy Is 400 euros. Sorry Apple, you just take all of my money.

[@elitetech9260]

Max can u do a hackintosh build in 2019

[@shantanumishra1312]

My mbp 2018 15 i7 model is overheating right out of the box.. I havnt even installed any apps. Its already throtteling like crazy.. specially near the touchbar. After setting fan speed to max it cooled down. Is this normal ?

[@MaksimYuryev]

What do you mean by overheating? Just getting hot? Yes they do get hot. I label a product as overheating when it has to throttle and runs under the rated base clock speed.

[@shantanumishra1312]

@@MaksimYuryev No its not just getting hot.. Its getting unbearably hot near the touchbar.. I just bought it yesterday and im new to mac. I was just setting up accounts and stuff and it got really hot.I hadnt even installed any apps. Around touchpad it was okk but near the touchbar it got way too hot.

[@shantanumishra1312]

@@MaksimYuryev After speeding up the fans and upgrading the software the temperature did come down a bit. Now its not heating up that much while doing basic tasks. It does get pretty warm though.

[@leandrolinao2613]

You should do these tests at room temperature 24c

[@followmypath9438]

Hey Max ! thank you so much for your videos it really helps a lot :) I have a very important question : What's the best set up in your opinion (I don't want my macbook to overheat, but I also want some more storage) option 1: 2018 Macbook pro 32go Ram Vega 20 512gb SSD option 2: 2018 Macbook pro 32go Ram 560x 1tb SSD Thank you so much for your help, it would really be an amazing help if you could answer !

[@1mudrec]

Vega 20

[@technerd8469]

Option 1 is better. You can get external ssd like Samsung t5 later

[@followmypath9438]

@@technerd8469 are there any overheating problems???

[@technerd8469]

@@followmypath9438 not with i7

[@laurancekevin3785]

where can we contact you? any email?

[@DarkCloud360]

The i9 is basically an i7 with a little higher clockspeed

[@anykate]

Vega 20 MacBook not available in India

[@geogreg1123]

Is this 16gb or 32gb?

[@admash6988]

I have i9 cause it's future proof for music production

[@MalcolmREBORN]

What about Ram Max? I plan on keeping this notebook for a really long time. I know that MacOS manages Ram effectively so 16GB is okay right?

[@MaksimYuryev]

If you only keep your video editing program open with minimal web browsers you shouldn’t see much if any of a difference but if you work on long timelines or multiple open and also other programs or browser tabs than 32GB is helpful. In that case you’ll feel the timeline being smoother and faster renders too.

[@jaimeduncan6167]

What about other software that is not video editing, like photography? I know both are an overkill but: will it make difference? If it will then you should make the clarification because you could be misleading your viewers (not intentionally clearly). The problem with video editing is that it requires sustained performance. That is not common.. Whe you compare with the iMAC pro it will be great to have the Mac mini and the i7 iMAC too .

[@kienhwengtai8113]

There's too much thermal throttling for an i9 to be useful. It's trapped a thin aluminum chassis with rubbish cooling.

[@MegaLeonidovich]

Not relevant to this awesome review but who knows of a video editing program for windows that can render 4K vids? Preferably Adobe or Adobe premier thanks I am currently using Adobe premier elements 11

[@King12Daniel]

Davinci Resolve

[@MaksimYuryev]

Yea I’d go for Davinci Resolve if your not tied to anything.

[@nodrogkam]

Thanks Max - not for video content but off camera, have you tried using a fan control app and/or an external cooler of sorts? My hypothesis is that your results might be similar as both i7 and i9 will both be running about the same clock speeds...a significant performance difference might only be seen if you can get both processors to run at their respective max speeds for the duration of the render. No joke, I've tossed my iPhone X/Xs into the freezer to render a 4K movie on iMovie and it goes way faster!

[@MaksimYuryev]

External cooling will make them run faster (stick them in a freezer like Dave Lee did lol) but fan control app doesn’t do anything since the fans run at the same speeds.

[@TheEmailDev]

@@MaksimYuryev Would you recommend running the smcFanControl on these new Macbook Pros? I have a maxed out mid-2014 MacBook Pro and it runs extremely hot so I am using smcFanControl to run the fans at full speed the whole time of using my Mac. Not sure if this hurts my Mac or not, I assume you would know?

[@MaksimYuryev]

@@TheEmailDev I don't think it matters as much anymore. The 6 core CPU's heat up much faster than before and the fans do kick up all the way pretty quick if you're pushing your machine to the limit. The CPU will slow down so that it doesn't overheat. I just leave mine as is. Fan noise is annoying and if you're on battery running your fans faster than you need reduces your battery life.

[@TheEmailDev]

@@MaksimYuryev Thanks for the feedback!

[@The_Northerner]

So i7 with Vega 20 is better than i9 560X in general?

[@edimarrodrigrove3377]

so better.

[@Candleinthedark2]

I hope Apple fixes this thermal throttling. I hope the i9 will get more cooling in the next model because I need the efficiency of the i9. The i9 would be so great but because of the heat it’s so bad.

[@Alex.Hilman]

You can use a cooling pad fans

[@elitetech9260]

Damn max is quite muscular

[@llamalandYT]

It's been 2 months now, and various OS updates....is the situation still the same? Later videos talk about how awesome the i9 is, but is the thermal throttling still the same and making the i9 a waste of money?

[@interupt0]

The info I've seen is saying that Apple patched OS X (or hardware firmware) to fix the i9 throttling. I took a chance and got the i9 w/ Vega 20 (& 32Gb RAM, 512 nvme ssd). Will receive tomorrow and update you here after testing.

[@TonyDo]

Adrian L how is it??

[@embodie_breaks7089]

@@interupt0 yeah how is it?

[@elitetech9260]

Just get i7 model if you want a Mac or go with xps 15

[@WildBikerBill]

But with the i9 it more rapidly melts all the glue holding the MacBook Pro together for faster maintenance... ;-)

[@legendle01]

luckly,mine is i7 vega20 version.

[@maddawgzzzz]

I’ve had both the I7 and the I9. Here’s the deal. For me a software dev when loading emulators of other os, or building software it’s faster. It’s a lot faster. In short burst. Not long term things that cause it to run for 15 minutes. However, for task that take 5 minutes etc, I’m seeing cuts in software build times to 2min.