The PC Master Race vs Apple: A Video Editing Showdown

When it comes to video editing, one question that often arises is whether a Mac or a PC is better for this task. In this article, we'll delve into the world of video editing and explore the differences between two popular options: Final Cut Pro (FCP) on a MacBook Pro versus Adobe Premiere on a powerful workstation PC.

The PC Master Race claims that the value per hardware and per dollar is much better when building your own system, which can be customized to meet specific needs. They also argue that it's easier to upgrade individual components of a modular build, making it more flexible than Apple's closed ecosystem. On the other hand, those who prefer Macs argue that optimization is key, particularly in software like Final Cut Pro, which has been optimized by Apple to work seamlessly with their hardware.

One dominant feature on the Apple side of the argument is optimization. This optimization is what got me excited about testing a Mac for video editing, despite its high cost. I wanted to see what type of benefits you can get with Final Cut Pro when working with hardware that's been optimized by Apple as well. To create this cohesion that PC users can only wish for in their main workstation PCs, they need to rely on third-party software or manual configuration.

To bring this comparison onto a level playing field for video editing on the go, I'll also be including results from my mobile workstation PC, the eurom M5 Pro, which is maxed out and much more powerful than the MacBook Pro. Despite the differences in hardware, the render times are still a crucial aspect to consider when it comes to video editing.

Here's a 3-minute 4K project inside Final Cut Pro when the timeline is idle. The software will render that content in the background as you proceed with the edit, giving you smooth real-time scrubbing without lag or dropped frames. This feature is fantastic and something I do sincerely miss with Adobe Premiere in the final render time with color correction on this project was just 2 minutes and 15 seconds. In contrast, when we bring the exact same sequence into Premiere, the MacBook Pro struggles with an extremely lengthy render time of almost 22 minutes.

The M5 Pro, however, render is much faster, coming in at almost half the time in just under 11 minutes. This difference is all thanks to the more powerful Nvidia GPU and bringing out the big guns – my workstation PC. The latter eats through the render time with a speedy 7 minutes and 11 seconds for the final export.

But how about other elements that we as video editors require, such as stabilization and Camera tracking? We tested stabilization effect in Final Cut Pro, which is complete in 42 seconds, whereas Premiere takes 6 minutes and 35 seconds to achieve the same result using Warp Stabilizer on the MacBook Pro. Interestingly, the more powerful M5 Pro hardware struggles with a lengthy stabilization of 8 minutes and 26 seconds, making it slower than even the PC workstation.

In terms of track camera function for creating motion text, my workflow with Final Cut Pro is almost the same as with Premiere but scrubbing and playback are so much smoother. This makes an obvious choice for video editing on location.

My expectations with Final Cut continue to grow as I started working on an actual review project inside Final Cut Pro which was 10 minutes in length and the export time was just over 7 minutes – a significant improvement over my workstation PC, which would normally take up to 20 minutes or more to render. This video is not meant to spark the debate of PC versus Mac but rather highlight the improvements needed on the Adobe side of things to enhance features like quick sync, enabling real-time rendering in the background as you work.

Render times are just one aspect to consider when it comes to video editing, and I still 1,000% more comfortable working with Adobe Premiere than Final Cut Pro. However, I'm slowly starting to catch up with that type of workflow due to the significant speed boost provided by Final Cut Pro's faster render times.

In conclusion, this article aims to provide a comprehensive look at the performance differences between two popular video editing software options: Final Cut Pro on a MacBook Pro and Adobe Premiere on a powerful workstation PC. While there are valid points on both sides of the argument, the results show that Final Cut Pro is significantly faster in exporting 4K projects with color correction.

By understanding these improvements, users can make informed decisions when choosing between these two options for their video editing needs. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, knowing the strengths and weaknesses of each software will help you navigate the world of video editing more effectively.

As always, we hope this article has been insightful for video editors or users looking to see what the performance difference would be between PC and Mac and Premiere and Final Cut Pro. If you guys enjoyed this video, make sure to give it a like and if you want to see more comparison tests done in the future, let us know with the comments down below.

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underpowered 12-in MacBook uh and so those results and Final Cut that that Jonathan revealed really spiled out my curiosity for Final Cut and so I went out and bought a MacBook Pro so the one I picked up was the retina 15-in MacBook Pro the 2.5 GHz Edition so it comes with a dedicated graphics cards the AMD R9 M37 TX 16 GB of system memory and a 512 GB BCI SSD and it all comes with a fairly compact package I was incredibly surprised at how light and just wellb built the machine was compared to my previous sort of workstation mobile uh notebook the eurom M5 Pro now to start things off I totally understand the argument from both sides the PC Master race claims the value per hardware and per dollar and per performance is so much better especially if you build your own uh it's all modular it's customizable you can do things with it while on the Apple side of argument one dominant feature that really arises and that's optimization and that optimization is what got me so excited about testing a Mac for video editing despite it being an incredibly expensive machine I wanted to see what type of benefits you can get with Final Cut especially when you're talking about a software that's op optimized by Apple working with Hardware that's been optimized by Apple as well to create this cohesion that me as a PC user can only wish for for my main workstation PC you're okay you're okay and to bring this comparison onto a Level Playing Field for video editing on the go I'll also be including results from my mobile workstation PC the eurom M5 Pro which is maxed outy to the teeth and is so much more powerful than the Mac Brook but does it matter okay fine enough about all that chatter let's talk render times so here's a 3 minute 4K project inside Final Cut when the timeline is Idle Final Cut will render that stuff in the background as you proceed with the edit so giving you absolutely smooth real-time scrubbing without lag or dropped frames and it's a fantastic feature that I do sincerely Miss with Adobe Premiere in the final render time with color correction on this project is just 2 minutes and 15 seconds when we bring the exact same sequence into Premiere the MacBook Pro struggles with an extremely lengthy render time of almost 22 minutes while the M5 Pro render is much faster almost half the time in just under 11 minutes all thanks to the more powerful Nvidia GPU and bringing out the big guns my workstation PC just eats through the render time with 7 minutes and 11 seconds for the final export and so as you can see Final Cut is so much much faster in exporting that uh little project versus Adobe Premiere even much faster in almost factor of 3x versus my workstation PC but how about other elements that we as video editors require to do like stabilization and Camera tracking so we tested stabilization effect in Final Cut that is complete in 42 seconds versus 6 minutes and 35 seconds in premiere for the exact same clip using Warp stabiliz on the MacBook Pro the workstation PC finishes the stabilization in just under 6 minutes and surprisingly the more powerful M5 Pro hardware-wise struggles with a lengthy stabilization of 8 minutes and 26 seconds which is much slower than the MacBook Pro with Premiere jumping into After Effects I use track camera function constantly to create this motion text and here the analysis on the MacBook Pro is complete and almost at the same time as the workstation PC but takes a few more seconds to complete on the M5 Pro now my workflow with Final Cut is almost the same as with Premiere but scrubbing and Playback is so much smoother with Final Cut it makes an obvious choice for video editing on location now I got to say my expectations with Final Cut continue to grow as I started to work on an actual review project inside Final Cut which was 10 minutes in length and the export time was just over 7 minutes which would normally take up to uh 20 minutes or over on my workstation PC and this video is really not meant to you know spur that argument and debate of PC versus Mac and what is better but instead potentially highlight the improvements that are needed on the Adobe side of things to improve things like quick sync or enable quick sync so that you can have rendering things in the background as you work or other things that help with driver or Hardware or software implementation so that that cohesion of software and Hardware is much better than before now of course render times is not everything when it comes to video editing and I still 1,000% more comfortable working with Adobe Premiere than Final Cut but I'm slowly starting to catch up to Final Cut and getting more comfortable with that type of workflow because again the render times are just so much faster I can export and uh scrub in real time with 4K video without any hiccup where as it would slag and stutter even on my workstation PC sucks and so that is it for this video I hope it was insightful for video editors or potentially uh users who are looking to see what the performance difference would be you know PC versus Mac and Premiere and Final Cut versus Adobe Premiere on the MacBook Pro versus an extremely powerful sort of gaming or workstation PC in my case but I'm Dimitri with h KN if you guys enjoyed this video make sure to give this one a like and if you want to see more comparison and tests done in the future make sure to let us know with the comments down below so that would be it for this one make sure to subscribe for more similar content and we'll see you in the next videothis is going to be a fun one I can feel it all the keyboard Warriors are going to be coming out and they're going to be either attacking or agreeing or encouraging insightful conversation let's do that woo Mac versus PC this is not what this video is about so before everybody starts to jump off their chairs and start to defend one camp or the other make sure to watch this video first instead I wanted to explore all the hype surrounding Final Cut and using that to you you edit your videos with an Apple product uh and compare the workflow and render times versus my maxed out extremely powerful workstation PC using Adobe Premiere now this was all stirred up by lonus and his initial video to um test out the possibilities of 4K video editing on an Ultra Book which then proved to be you know it had some challenges but it's still a possibility but then that video was challenged by Jonathan from TLD explaining his work workflow in Final Cut using an extremely underpowered 12-in MacBook uh and so those results and Final Cut that that Jonathan revealed really spiled out my curiosity for Final Cut and so I went out and bought a MacBook Pro so the one I picked up was the retina 15-in MacBook Pro the 2.5 GHz Edition so it comes with a dedicated graphics cards the AMD R9 M37 TX 16 GB of system memory and a 512 GB BCI SSD and it all comes with a fairly compact package I was incredibly surprised at how light and just wellb built the machine was compared to my previous sort of workstation mobile uh notebook the eurom M5 Pro now to start things off I totally understand the argument from both sides the PC Master race claims the value per hardware and per dollar and per performance is so much better especially if you build your own uh it's all modular it's customizable you can do things with it while on the Apple side of argument one dominant feature that really arises and that's optimization and that optimization is what got me so excited about testing a Mac for video editing despite it being an incredibly expensive machine I wanted to see what type of benefits you can get with Final Cut especially when you're talking about a software that's op optimized by Apple working with Hardware that's been optimized by Apple as well to create this cohesion that me as a PC user can only wish for for my main workstation PC you're okay you're okay and to bring this comparison onto a Level Playing Field for video editing on the go I'll also be including results from my mobile workstation PC the eurom M5 Pro which is maxed outy to the teeth and is so much more powerful than the Mac Brook but does it matter okay fine enough about all that chatter let's talk render times so here's a 3 minute 4K project inside Final Cut when the timeline is Idle Final Cut will render that stuff in the background as you proceed with the edit so giving you absolutely smooth real-time scrubbing without lag or dropped frames and it's a fantastic feature that I do sincerely Miss with Adobe Premiere in the final render time with color correction on this project is just 2 minutes and 15 seconds when we bring the exact same sequence into Premiere the MacBook Pro struggles with an extremely lengthy render time of almost 22 minutes while the M5 Pro render is much faster almost half the time in just under 11 minutes all thanks to the more powerful Nvidia GPU and bringing out the big guns my workstation PC just eats through the render time with 7 minutes and 11 seconds for the final export and so as you can see Final Cut is so much much faster in exporting that uh little project versus Adobe Premiere even much faster in almost factor of 3x versus my workstation PC but how about other elements that we as video editors require to do like stabilization and Camera tracking so we tested stabilization effect in Final Cut that is complete in 42 seconds versus 6 minutes and 35 seconds in premiere for the exact same clip using Warp stabiliz on the MacBook Pro the workstation PC finishes the stabilization in just under 6 minutes and surprisingly the more powerful M5 Pro hardware-wise struggles with a lengthy stabilization of 8 minutes and 26 seconds which is much slower than the MacBook Pro with Premiere jumping into After Effects I use track camera function constantly to create this motion text and here the analysis on the MacBook Pro is complete and almost at the same time as the workstation PC but takes a few more seconds to complete on the M5 Pro now my workflow with Final Cut is almost the same as with Premiere but scrubbing and Playback is so much smoother with Final Cut it makes an obvious choice for video editing on location now I got to say my expectations with Final Cut continue to grow as I started to work on an actual review project inside Final Cut which was 10 minutes in length and the export time was just over 7 minutes which would normally take up to uh 20 minutes or over on my workstation PC and this video is really not meant to you know spur that argument and debate of PC versus Mac and what is better but instead potentially highlight the improvements that are needed on the Adobe side of things to improve things like quick sync or enable quick sync so that you can have rendering things in the background as you work or other things that help with driver or Hardware or software implementation so that that cohesion of software and Hardware is much better than before now of course render times is not everything when it comes to video editing and I still 1,000% more comfortable working with Adobe Premiere than Final Cut but I'm slowly starting to catch up to Final Cut and getting more comfortable with that type of workflow because again the render times are just so much faster I can export and uh scrub in real time with 4K video without any hiccup where as it would slag and stutter even on my workstation PC sucks and so that is it for this video I hope it was insightful for video editors or potentially uh users who are looking to see what the performance difference would be you know PC versus Mac and Premiere and Final Cut versus Adobe Premiere on the MacBook Pro versus an extremely powerful sort of gaming or workstation PC in my case but I'm Dimitri with h KN if you guys enjoyed this video make sure to give this one a like and if you want to see more comparison and tests done in the future make sure to let us know with the comments down below so that would be it for this one make sure to subscribe for more similar content and we'll see you in the next video\n"