Mac Studio vs Mac Pro

[@ColtCapperruneTech]

What are your thoughts between these two?? Thanks for watching!

[@RodrigoPolo]

Did you tried with DaVinci Resolve denoise function? I have the first MacBook M1, it is fast decoding and encoding the EOS R5 HEVC 4K-HQ videos, but the noise reduction kills it, the Mac Pro still a little bit faster in that, but don't know about the Mac Studio.

[@jimrogers7425]

Even though this video is from a year ago, you more or less answered my own question about keeping my 2013 Trash Can Mac Pro for another year or not. I upgraded to 128Gb of RAM, with an 8 Core processor and have no problems with my current workload. All I need to do now is upgrade the OS past OS X to either 11, 12, 0r 13... something I'll be doing in the next month or two. Thanks for this video. I don't edit video, but do music production and book layout and design... everything I need a computer to do can be easily accomplished with my 2013 Trash Can Mac Pro... at least for the next year.

[@aw4588]

why would you "turn on" the Mac everyday with the power button? the awkward power button designed that way because it is not meant to be pressed everyday... most of us, Mac users, put our Macs to sleep and just wake it up with a touch of a keyboard or mouse

[@nukenoly8751]

Got 2 trashcans with max specs for cheap for Audio production with Logic Pro X , Cubase 12 and Studio One 6 and they rock! Fast, solid, stable and compatible with all plugins. I can use up to six thunderbolt displays with each for next to nothing! Crazy 😊

[@pinktv6308]

It wasn’t a fair comparison :) With the price of a Mac Studio, you can get a Mac Pro 2013 with a 12-core processor, D700 graphics card, 128GB RAM, and a 2TB SSD. Then, upgrade it with an external graphics card since the Mac Pro 2013 supports this. Next, install Windows, combine the two graphics cards for a single powerful setup, and overclock the processor and graphics cards. See how the difference turns out then; they will be neck and neck :) And according to some rumors, even a 24-core Xeon processor works on the Mac Pro 2013. By the way, with OpenCore, Sonoma can also be installed, and you can even play games on it. By the way, a 12-year-old MacBook Pro still has its advantages. Despite its age, its biggest benefit is its very low price and nearly limitless upgradability. With an external graphics card, this device can really fly.

[@bryans8656]

This video brought back nice memories. I had a 6 core 2013 Mac Pro with the D5 GPUs, that I upgraded to 64GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. I really liked that machine, it was beautifully built and rock solid (none of the overheating issues of the D7s). I sold it last year and ultimately ended up with an M1 Mac Studio Max (the base model). Huge increase in performance, I'm really enjoying it.

[@ColtCapperruneTech]

Excellent!!

[@Beatsnmotivation]

not fair to the Mac Pro since the most powerful one has the 12 core cpu - he only has the one with quad processor which if you had the 12 that 3 times its power. but cool review

[@briandavis812]

Good to hear you say you can't hear fan noise. Lots of speculation about that on GS.

[@ColtCapperruneTech]

So far there have been two comments on the video on the music channel saying that they can hear it during the softest of recording sessions… Personally I have yet to ever hear it kick on.

[@EDWARDGLEKOV]

I have a top-end mac pro 2013 (12 core, 64ram dual d700). I'm still satisfied. all audio recording sessions are smooth. 4k video no problem. 3d modeling - please) the only thing I don't like is the h.265 codec. mac is my main tool for making a living

[@alangallarcon9254]

Does that mean long waiting times?

[@JeffWald]

I've had mine for about 2 weeks - same as yours. I run Studio One Pro v5 and all my drum videos in DaVinci Resolve and its a BEAST!! Only 15-20% CPU usage on average. I don't have as many tracks running but when I render a song with plug ins on every track (20+, big drum kit), its around 10x faster than the song compared to my old PC w/ 32gb and an SSD was 3-4x faster and the M1 Mini that I had was 6-7x

[@ColtCapperruneTech]

That’s awesome!!

[@alandances7261]

I heard it’s good to leave your computer sleeping instead of off and on all the time. Turn it off once a week and then just let it sleep all week just tap mouse or keyboard to wake it up

[@samb2166]

same. I was confused when he said he turns on and off. I make a keyboard short cut to sleep, and press any key to wake my Mac up. sometimes, it's good to do a restart from the Apple logo. I haven't touched the power button in a while.

[@darrenhankner5282]

6 core 2013 Mac Pro instead of the 12 core is no good comparison to the Mac studio. Get hold of a maxed out 12 core 2013 with 128GB ram. D700 graphics or even an eGPU.

[@transitengineer]

Or perhaps the model that, I just picked-up a trash can size Mac Pro 8-core/ RAM 64G/ D700 (smile...smile).

[@darrenhankner5282]

@@transitengineer trust me. the 12 core maxed out is your best performer when it comes to the 2013 trash can Mac Pro. even better with an external GPU box hooked up.

[@darrenhankner5282]

@@transitengineer thats where these Mac studio boxes really suck is on the GPU cores. they get maxed out easy. and Apple won't allow you to use an external GPU. so your stuck with an awesome CPU but mediocre graphics compared to a PC with a high end discrete graphics card

[@transitengineer]

@@darrenhankner5282 True, but for my low end needs, my selected model will be way over-kill through the year 2025 (smile...smile).

[@alibirang9921]

I wish you compared the maxed out of 2013 mac pro(12 core) with mac studio.

[@transitengineer]

Thank you. for this excellent review between both systems. Not being a power user, I just picked-up a trash can size Mac Pro 8-core/64GB/D700 model. Which, will more than meet all of my needs for the next 36-months (smile...smile).

[@marcelpozo12]

Same here with the 6 core , brand new retail unit

[@blue_mountains28]

as a life long windows user this is the 1st Mac that's got me tempted. The power of the base model for the price and the small foot print and the IO... its hard to argue with it.

[@ColtCapperruneTech]

I agree, especially if you’re doing video work, the power is undeniable. Thanks for watching!

[@lthomas63]

Good video. One correction. Your computer has 32GB of unified memory not 24GB as you stated.

[@ColtCapperruneTech]

You are correct, I have no idea why I said 25 GB lol thanks for the correction!

[@Al-Ghaeb]

Im sticking to the trashcan for it being the last cheap xeon processor on a mac + the crazy IO .. i hate being limited to the IO and i have to connect a hub whenever i wana connect more than 2 screens

[@chrisw443]

I found the tech side! Yay! Mac's Camera's Audio!

[@TonyD-dz8pt]

Leave it on and you won't have to find the on button on your studio every day, Get the Mac fan app and turn the fan up and your 6,1 will run cool all the time

[@jordillach3222]

2:14 Do you really turn off you computer every night? Really? Why?

[@Juliano_DJOL]

U never said which mac pro 2013 u used...was it the 12 core 2.7 or the 8 core 3.0 or the 4 or 5 core 3.0-3.7ghz? The single core vs multi core benchmarks are kinda all over the place with the different versions. I think the 6 core use to sell new w a $1500-$2000 upgrade option to upgrade to 12 core.

[@davidguardamino]

almost at the end of the video , he mentioned that it is a quad-core 3.7 GHz with 12 Gb of ram... I may say that this comaprison is not fair at all.

[@kevinakacoolbreeze]

Great video Colt 👍🤘🤘

[@ColtCapperruneTech]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@kevinakacoolbreeze]

Yes sir!

[@dewit7]

are here stereo loudspeakers inside the box?

[@gonzo4891]

I was actually looking for the Premier or Final Cut video footage in the description so I could test it out on my Mac Pro and various other Macs I have. Also, could you kindly provide the Pro Tools session you described as to test that as well? Thanks 🙏🏽

[@OurVoicesOurLives]

I currently have a 2013 Mac Pro w/128 GB of RAM, D700 Graphics Card, 3.5 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon E5 processor. It was doing great until I gradually switched to shooting and editing 4K footage this year. I edit using DaVinci Resolve now and I think the smoothness in playback of their BRAW files had me fooled until I got some h.265 files on the timeline. I am considering upgrading to a Mac Studio, I just have to plan out the adapters for my monitors which are HDMI and MiniDisplayPort and RAID Drives which use Thunderbolt 2.

[@MikeMackie]

I was just looking to purchase a mac pro w those same exact specs! I was hoping it would be a better option than a mac studio but I suppose it's not.

[@OurVoicesOurLives]

@@MikeMackie if you’re going to be editing video then nah.

[@LeoDaShaman]

Thats really cool shirt. Where’d you get it?

[@ColtCapperruneTech]

Thanks! Hit up AudioScape on IG

[@patioticmusic2168]

Uff you answered just what i was looking for. Thanks for the great video

[@hhectorlector]

What were your Mac Pro specs?

[@garelalexandre3252]

COMPARE A 4 CORE ?? LOL compare with 12 , and we see ..

[@patioticmusic2168]

I use premiere pro and logic pro with waves. Native instruments plugins. I suppose will run as smooth as it is with final cut and pro tools.

[@mikeyrogers4353]

Hey Colt, love the content. Any particular reason why you didn't upgrade to the 64gb RAM? I'm currently running my project music studio off a 2014 mac mini, which at times is a bit of nightmare, so I'm looking to upgrade to the mac studio base model. Do you think 64gb would be overkill for someone who mainly works with audio and 32gb is enough to future proof it for a reasonable amount of time?

[@ColtCapperruneTech]

Personally 32 GB is more than enough for what I do. I’ve been operating for the last eight years on 12 GB, so this is a massive upgrade to what I’ve been running forever. I think if you were doing film scores, or music with primarily virtual instruments you might consider upgrading. But outside of those scenarios I don’t think I’m going to hit the limit in this machine.

[@mikeyrogers4353]

@@ColtCapperruneTech Awesome, thanks so much for the reply. I think I'll go for the 32gb then, it'll be a massive upgrade from my 8gb I've been somehow getting away with for the past few years hahah

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

You are the man!!

[@ColtCapperruneTech]

Thanks for stopping by over here!

[@jeevespreston]

Thank God Apple doesn’t have to live with Intel’s metered 3-5% improvement per year “planned consumption” any longer.

[@JamesButcher]

didn't know about this channel - awesome vid! rocking a Hackintosh for now but maybe one day I'll grab an Apple Silicon device :D

[@blue_mountains28]

i laughed at the max joke allover again...

[@gashondbeat1465]

Hey bruh nice shirt! Hope I can get one of those

[@chefwillbeats]

Back on the fence 😂

[@MrSamPhoenix]

Wow