2023 MacBook Pro M3 Max: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Fujifilm GFX100)
Related: 2019 iMac 5K, 2019 Mac Pro, 4K and 5K display, Adobe Camera Raw, Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra, Apple MacBook Pro M3, Apple Silicon, Fujifilm GFX100, Fujifilm medium format, iMac, iMac 5K, laptop, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Macs, medium format, Other World Computing, Photoshop
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MPG tested both the 14-inch and 16-inch models Apple 2023 MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB /4TB, model Z1AU002AK and model Z1AF001AN. See all Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max.
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This test is a real-world task relevant to Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom: batch convert raw files to JPEG.
Disk I/O is not a significant factor, the files being small relative to the workload, and on the fast internal SSD.
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Raw file conversion to JPEG — 100-megapixel Fujifilm GFX100 raw
The 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra outperforms everything else with the 2023 MacBook Pro M3 Max taking only 27% longer.
*** See test notes discussing 2019 Mac Pro and 2022 MacBook Pro M2 Max results.