Title: Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro GPU option showing big performance leap Post by: HCK on June 18, 2020, 04:05:21 pm Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro GPU option showing big performance leap
You'd hope it would as an $800 optional extra... What you need to know This week, Apple released a new graphics option for its 16-inch MacBook. You can now add an AMD 5600M GPU with 8GB of RAM for $800. Initial testing shows impressive performance improvements on the lower spec options. Initial testing of Apple's new AMD 5600M GPU option for the 16-inch MacBook shows impressive performance gains. A hands-on from Max Tech suggests that the performance of the new GPU option is twice that of the lower-spec versions. From the video description: Apple has added a new 5600M graphics option to the 16" MacBook Pro just days before WWDC 2020. This new option features 8GB of expensive HBM2 video memory, so it's priced at a massive $800. In this video, we test a bunch of graphics benchmarks like Geekbench 5, GFXBench, Unigine Heaven Gaming benchmark, and a few Final Cut Pro X video editing tests to see how well this 5600M GPU compared to the 5300M and 5500M graphics options, as ... Source: Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro GPU option showing big performance leap (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/oPUbZ8rEi64/apples-new-16-inch-macbook-pro-gpu-option-showing-big-performance-leap) |