What does the new iToaster Pro give us?Įxtrapolating the Geekbench 4 figures down to the lowest common denominator free 32 bit GB3, I'd say the 10 core iToaster pro gives around 4000 single core (which rating matters a lot to us Logic users), a little less than the top i7 iMac at 4100/18,000. Let's round this off to 3000/30,000 for both, for a simple comparison. From what I've seen it seems that the 2013 trashcan 12 core is only a hair faster than a 12 core 3.-2012 tower, around 2900 32 bit GB3 single core, 29,000 Multicore. Let's try to work backwards from Marques' GB4 figures.
The fact that Geekbench likes to sell a new more expensive and 64 bit GB4 doesn't mean that it measures CPU better than the old free 32 bit version 3, it just gives different values. The old iMacs even retain SOME promise of user upgradeability, especially after the warranty is moot, while the iToaster Pro is a totally completely sealed unit - starting around $5k and topping out around $14k.īut, of course, new and shiny is so worth it, so please do dump your iMacs, macPros, cMPs, ALL your older systems, so we modifiers can lick up the crumbs. They might even blow some out at a discount, like the trashcans. What it looks like is that unless you have really trumpily huge track counts, or you're primarily editing video, for us Logic users an original iMac is just fine, certainly far more cost effective. I wish people would always publish the free Geekbench 3 results for a valid comparison. Using GB4 inflates the single core numbers and makes comparison with older systems difficult. Let's see how that plays out with common mortals' field experience, especially as the iMac and trashcan figures don't exactly match previously published results.
Graphics chips, no matter how snazzy, have never had any effect on Logic performance, and that's not likely to change soon.
based on Marques' review anyway, rather as expected, an i7 iMac does beat the 10 core iMac pro on single core Geekbench, 5751 to 5468 (to the trashcan mac Pro's 3636).