Low End iMac Pro Running Games versus Other Macs
December 30th, 2017, by rob-ART morgan, mad scientist
December 31st - Added results for GTX TITAN Xp
Not sure gamers will typically want to spend 5K or more to use an iMac Pro for a gaming system, but just because we can, we wanted you to know how well it 'plays' with the other Macs.
GRAPH LEGEND
iMac Pro 8c Vega64 - AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 (16GB) GPU inside the 2017 iMac Pro 3.2GHz 8-Core Xeon W-2140B CPU, 32GB of 2666MHz DDR4 ECC SDRAM
iMac 5K Pro580 - AMD Radeon Pro 580 (8GB) inside the 2017 iMac 5K 4.2GHz Quad Core i7 (7700K), 64GB of 2400MHz DDR4 SO-DIMM.
nMP 8c Vega64 eGPU - AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) GPU installed in Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box and connected to the TB2 port of the 2013 Mac Pro 3.0GHz 8-Core Xeon E5-1680 v2 CP, 64GB of 1866MHz of DDR3 ECC SDRAM; DisplayPort on Vega connected directly to the Dell 5K display
nMP 8c D700s - AMD FirePro D700s (6GB each) GPUs installed in the 2013 Mac Pro 3.0GHz 8-Core Xeon E5-1680 v2 CP, 64GB of 1866MHz of DDR3 ECC SDRAM; TB2 port connected to the LG UltraFine 5K display
cMP 12c Vega64 - AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) GPU installed in 2010 Mac Pro 3.33GHz 12-Core Xeon X5680, 96GB of 1333MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM; DisplayPort of GPU connected to a Dell 5K display.
cMP 12c TITANXp - NVIDIA TITAN Xp (12GB) GPU installed in 2010 Mac Pro 3.33GHz 12-Core Xeon X5680, 96GB of 1333MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM; DisplayPort of GPU connected to a Dell 5K display.
cMP 12c 1080Ti - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11GB) GPU installed in 2010 Mac Pro 3.33GHz 12-Core Xeon X5680, 96GB of 1333MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM; DisplayPort of GPU connected to a Dell 5K display.
cMP 12c 1080 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (8GB) GPU installed in 2010 Mac Pro 3.33GHz 12-Core Xeon X5680, 96GB of 1333MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM; DisplayPort of GPU connected to a Dell 5K display.
DIRT Rally
Using the built-in Benchmark mode, we selected Medium preset at 2560x1440 Fullscreen, disabled Vsync, and disabled MSAA. (FASTER Frames per Second = FASTER)
Total War: WARHAMMER
Using the built-in 'dwarfs versus greenskins' Benchmark, we selected "High" preset, 2560x1440, full screen. (FASTER Frames per Second = FASTER)
X-Plane 11
Using a recorded 2 minute flight of the SR-71 Blackbird, we started up benchmarking mode from the Terminal app specifying 2560x1440, full screen, circle view, high quality (fps_test=3). (FASTER Frames per Second = FASTER)
Tomb Raider
Built-in Benchmark was run using HIGH preset at 2560x1440 Fullscreen. (FASTER Frames per Second = FASTER)
WHAT DID WE LEARN?
The 'low-end' iMac Pro out-performs fastest iMac 5K and Mac Pros with the best GPUs. Think of it this way: when you are done doing pro stuff, you can have some high rez playtime.
The slow Warhammer performance by NVIDIA GPUs is a frustrating . Send your queries to Feral Interactive.
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