Introducing the next generation of Mac

Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by novok on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:07PM (#25054793)

Video encoding is usually special dedicated hardware, so it's more measuring the hardware encoder than the general speed of the device. Go head to head with AV1 encoding for example and you'll see it matches it's general benchmark.

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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:46PM (#25054999)

Also, hardware encoders produce much less efficient results (in terms of the ratio of quality to file size) then the best software encoders like x264.

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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by foldr on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @04:22AM (#25056858)

Yes, but Apple are moving in the direction of adding dedicated hardware to support a lot of common use cases. The point remains that video encoding is something that people often use laptops for. Users just want it to go fast; they don't care how exactly the hardware is making that happen.

The iPad Pro has strong raw CPU performance in any case. It certainly outperforms plenty of entry-level Windows laptops.

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