Which iMac Pro should you get?8, 10, 14, or 18 cores of sheer power: Which Intel Xeon W processor should you get for your new iMac Pro?
Forget the aging Mac Pro: Apple's iMac Pro has the fastest, most capable processors in a desktop Macintosh. When configuring your machine, you can choose from 8-, 10-, 14-, or 18-core Intel Xeon W processors; these processors are designed to handle heavy rendering tasks without needing the power of the full-fledged Xeon CPU.
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But which of these monster processors is right for your pro rendering needs? Let's take a look.
Let's talk about Intel's Xeon W processor
As mentioned above, the Xeon W is designed as a workstation-class processor: It fits between the heavy-hitting (and power-consuming) Xeon CPU and the iMac-powering Core i7 consumer processors.
Here's what Anandtech had to say about Xeon W:
The consumer Core i7 has fewer PCIe lanes and the most limited DRAM support, but it's the cheapest. Conversely, the Xeon Gold CPU is easily th...
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