2020 iMac 5K: Assemble Panorama

2022-01-10 • SEND FEEDBACK •
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MPG tested the 2020 iMac 5K 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 10-core / 128GB / 2TB / Radeon 5700. Smart move: buy with 8GB memory, then add 64GB or 128GB OWC memory to save a ton on memory cost (same memory as 2019 iMac 5K).

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2020 iMac 5K

About

Panorama assembly in Photoshop consists of Auto Align Layers and Auto Blend Layers. The task uses CPU cores minimally, so the speed reflects the efficiency of a single CPU core.

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Results

The 2019 Mac Pro offers up a pathetic performance, for unknown reasons.

The 2020 iMac 5K ekes out a ~9% faster result than the 2019 iMac 5K— hardly noticeable.

2020 iMac 5K vs 2019 iMac 5K, 2019 Mac Pro: Photoshop CC: 21 x 36-megapixel layers in 6.1GB file: resize, sharpen, convert profile, save as JPEG size variants

2020 iMac 5K