A Look at the Benchmarking Department of the 2013 Mac Pro Project: Geekbench, Nova Bench, and Cinebench

The benchmarking department is an essential aspect of any computer project, as it provides valuable insights into the system's performance capabilities. In this article, we will delve into the benchmarking results of the 2013 Mac Pro project, specifically focusing on three popular benchmarking apps: Geekbench, Nova Bench, and Cinebench.

Geekbench is a widely used benchmarking app that tests various aspects of a computer's performance. The app provides two scores for each test: single-threaded and multi-threaded. In the case of the 2013 Mac Pro project, the machine scored around 10,000 on Geekbench, which is an impressive result. Interestingly, the Hackintosh Pro, another benchmarking contender, scored a significantly higher 15,800, demonstrating its superior performance capabilities.

It's worth noting that the results mentioned above are for the multi-threaded score, as Geekbench provides two scores: single-threaded and multi-threaded. The single-threaded score on this Mac Pro was around 3,600, while the multi-threaded score was a staggering 26,000. These results indicate that the machine is capable of handling demanding tasks with ease.

Nova Bench is another benchmarking app that tests various aspects of a computer's performance. While it may not be as widely used as Geekbench or Cinebench, Nova Bench still provides valuable insights into a system's capabilities. The 2013 Mac Pro project scored around 800 on Nova Bench, which is a respectable result. However, when compared to the Hackintosh Pro, which scored around 1,600, it becomes clear that the latter has a significant performance advantage.

Cinebench is an app that tests both the GPU and CPU capabilities of a computer system. The app provides two scores: one for the GPU and another for the CPU. In the case of the 2013 Mac Pro project, the machine's dual AMD FirePro D700 workstation-grade graphics cards proved to be incredibly powerful, with an average score of 86 frames per second. This result demonstrates the power and capabilities of these high-end graphics cards.

On the CPU side, the 8-core Beast-like processor, which is part of the Mac Pro project, scored a respectable 1,223. While this may not seem impressive at first glance, it's essential to consider that the machine's clock speed is lower than some other variants of the Mac Pro (3.7 GHz vs. 3.5 GHz, etc.). Nevertheless, the single-core performance of this processor still holds its own, making it an excellent choice for demanding tasks.

The Performance Trade-off: Why the 8-Core Mac Pro

So, why did we choose the 8-core Mac Pro over the 12-core variant? The answer lies in the trade-off between single-core and multi-core performance. While higher clock speeds are ideal for everyday apps, more cores generally mean better multi-threaded performance for demanding tasks.

In the case of the Mac Pro project, having an 8-core processor offers a nice balance between these two aspects. With eight cores, the machine can take full advantage of multi-threaded applications, such as video editing and 3D modeling, without being too slow on single-core apps like web browsing or everyday tasks.

In conclusion, the benchmarking department of the 2013 Mac Pro project has provided us with a comprehensive understanding of its performance capabilities. From Geekbench to Nova Bench to Cinebench, each app has revealed unique aspects of this powerful machine. The results demonstrate that the Mac Pro is indeed a beast of a computer system, capable of handling even the most demanding tasks with ease.

The Full Review: Coming Soon

While we've delved into the benchmarking department, there's still more to explore about the 2013 Mac Pro project. In our next article, we'll be diving deeper into the world of video editing and showcasing the machine's capabilities in various video editing applications. Stay tuned for more information about this incredible computer system, and don't forget to subscribe to our channel for regular updates.

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speeds that you're going to be capable of on the Mac Pros PCI based ssds so if you'll recall the fastest Mac Mini in the world project had a single ver Vortex 4 SSD and the Hackintosh pro project had a pair of ssds in raid zero but as you can see by the Numbers neither of these compare to the results of the PCI based ssds in the new Mac Pro and that's going to get you some crazy FAST program opening times and data access all right so the next test is a very popular geekbench app you've probably seen it already run on phones and tablets everything from the iPhone all the way up to the previous generation Mac Pro so as a benchmark the fastest Mac Mini in the world project scored around 10,000 on geekbench that actually wasn't shown in the video series interestingly enough and the Hackintosh Pro actually scored 15,800 and actually I want to be clear here these are the multi-threaded scores as geekbench 3 here will always kick out a pair of scores a single-threaded score and a multi-threaded score so geekbench on this Mac Pro kicked out without screen recording on 3,600 for the single threaded score and 26,000 for the multi-threaded score and I'll give more context on these in a second so the next test is called Nova bench it's a less popular bench marking app a lot of people don't use it but since I've used it in my two previous projects then I figured I'd continue to use it now for a benchmark so it scored roughly 800ish on the fastest Mac Mini in the world and roughly 1,600 on the Hackintosh Pro now even though it looks fairly comprehensive it's definitely an older Benchmark and I don't even know if all the numbers looked right when looking at the composition for the final score but either way the final score here in Nova bench was a much higher 2,200 on the Mac Pro now last but not least in the benchmarking department is called cinebench and I actually think that cinebench is one of the most accurate overall all-encompassing Benchmark apps you can use it tests both the GPU side and the CPU side of things and there's a really wide range of scores you can get so on the GPU side this Mac Pro has the absolute highest end dual AMD firepro d700 workstation grade graphics cards with 6 gigs of video RAM each and these absolutely killed it topping out the Benchmark at an average of 86 frames per second this isn't necessarily a representation of gaming performance because they're not gaming cards but more of just how much power you have at your disposal with these cards in here that a number of production Suites and applications can take advantage of and on the CPU side this is the8 core Beast like I mentioned and it ended up with a score of 1,223 which is surprisingly not that far behind the 12 core Mac Pro at all uh and that's actually what impressed me the most but honestly with eight cores 16 threads you kind of expect it to crush benchmarks and it absolutely did n so it's really easy to tell by all these Benchmark results that the Mac Pro is clearly a very fast very powerful machine but that brings us back to the question why did I go with the 8 core Mac Pro over the 12 core Mac Pro and the simple answer to that is single core single-threaded performance there is a four core six core 8 core and 12 core version of the Mac Pro and each time you move up in number of cores you move down in clock speed from 3.7 GHz to 3.5 5 to 3.0 to 2.7 but the thing is higher clock speeds mean better single core performance for everyday apps but more cores in general means better multi-core performance for the bigger apps that can take advantage of it so the four core Mac Pro would be like driving a van down the parkway you know pretty fast but also still pretty strong where the 12 core Mac Pro on the other hand would be an 18-wheeler cab definitely not the quickest thing in the world but there is no way anything is going to slow it down even the heaviest of tasks so the 8 core Mac Pro would fall somewhere in the middle so at the end of the day as a person that's using the Mac Pro as both a beast of a video editing rig and a day-to-day machine it would makes sense to have a nice balance between amazing multi-threaded performance and nice single core and everyday use performance which means when I'm Runing out videos in Adobe Premiere or projects in Photoshop and things like that all eight cores are going to be kicking in and it's going to take full advantage of that but at the same time at 3 gz on a single core apps like Google Chrome and just browsing around the internet watching YouTube videos day-to-day things like that will also be quick and they won't be quite as slow as they would have been on the massive 12 core so there's the reasoning and there's the performance of the 2013 Mac Pro but there's a lot more information about that coming up especially in the full review video which is in the works and on its way thank you for watching and I'll talk to you guys in the next video peace thehey what is up guys I'm kbd here and this is a video dedicated entirely to the performance of the new Mac Pro so this is a bit of a preview leading up to the full review that I'm working on of the Mac Pro but I mentioned a little bit in my unboxing and first impressions video that I got the 8 core Mac Pro for a reason over the 12 core I actually opted for the 8 core model for a couple of reasons that I'll go into but essentially this is all the benchmarks and sort of performance test that I thought would make sense for Apple's only workstation grade machine so there are a couple of key benchmarking apps that a lot of people use to Benchmark Macs and all sorts of desktop machines that you guys shared with me on Twitter and things that I've used in past projects including the fastest Mac Mini in the world project and the Hackintosh pro project so the first of these is called Blackmagic disc speed test and essentially this just measures the read and write speeds that you're going to be capable of on the Mac Pros PCI based ssds so if you'll recall the fastest Mac Mini in the world project had a single ver Vortex 4 SSD and the Hackintosh pro project had a pair of ssds in raid zero but as you can see by the Numbers neither of these compare to the results of the PCI based ssds in the new Mac Pro and that's going to get you some crazy FAST program opening times and data access all right so the next test is a very popular geekbench app you've probably seen it already run on phones and tablets everything from the iPhone all the way up to the previous generation Mac Pro so as a benchmark the fastest Mac Mini in the world project scored around 10,000 on geekbench that actually wasn't shown in the video series interestingly enough and the Hackintosh Pro actually scored 15,800 and actually I want to be clear here these are the multi-threaded scores as geekbench 3 here will always kick out a pair of scores a single-threaded score and a multi-threaded score so geekbench on this Mac Pro kicked out without screen recording on 3,600 for the single threaded score and 26,000 for the multi-threaded score and I'll give more context on these in a second so the next test is called Nova bench it's a less popular bench marking app a lot of people don't use it but since I've used it in my two previous projects then I figured I'd continue to use it now for a benchmark so it scored roughly 800ish on the fastest Mac Mini in the world and roughly 1,600 on the Hackintosh Pro now even though it looks fairly comprehensive it's definitely an older Benchmark and I don't even know if all the numbers looked right when looking at the composition for the final score but either way the final score here in Nova bench was a much higher 2,200 on the Mac Pro now last but not least in the benchmarking department is called cinebench and I actually think that cinebench is one of the most accurate overall all-encompassing Benchmark apps you can use it tests both the GPU side and the CPU side of things and there's a really wide range of scores you can get so on the GPU side this Mac Pro has the absolute highest end dual AMD firepro d700 workstation grade graphics cards with 6 gigs of video RAM each and these absolutely killed it topping out the Benchmark at an average of 86 frames per second this isn't necessarily a representation of gaming performance because they're not gaming cards but more of just how much power you have at your disposal with these cards in here that a number of production Suites and applications can take advantage of and on the CPU side this is the8 core Beast like I mentioned and it ended up with a score of 1,223 which is surprisingly not that far behind the 12 core Mac Pro at all uh and that's actually what impressed me the most but honestly with eight cores 16 threads you kind of expect it to crush benchmarks and it absolutely did n so it's really easy to tell by all these Benchmark results that the Mac Pro is clearly a very fast very powerful machine but that brings us back to the question why did I go with the 8 core Mac Pro over the 12 core Mac Pro and the simple answer to that is single core single-threaded performance there is a four core six core 8 core and 12 core version of the Mac Pro and each time you move up in number of cores you move down in clock speed from 3.7 GHz to 3.5 5 to 3.0 to 2.7 but the thing is higher clock speeds mean better single core performance for everyday apps but more cores in general means better multi-core performance for the bigger apps that can take advantage of it so the four core Mac Pro would be like driving a van down the parkway you know pretty fast but also still pretty strong where the 12 core Mac Pro on the other hand would be an 18-wheeler cab definitely not the quickest thing in the world but there is no way anything is going to slow it down even the heaviest of tasks so the 8 core Mac Pro would fall somewhere in the middle so at the end of the day as a person that's using the Mac Pro as both a beast of a video editing rig and a day-to-day machine it would makes sense to have a nice balance between amazing multi-threaded performance and nice single core and everyday use performance which means when I'm Runing out videos in Adobe Premiere or projects in Photoshop and things like that all eight cores are going to be kicking in and it's going to take full advantage of that but at the same time at 3 gz on a single core apps like Google Chrome and just browsing around the internet watching YouTube videos day-to-day things like that will also be quick and they won't be quite as slow as they would have been on the massive 12 core so there's the reasoning and there's the performance of the 2013 Mac Pro but there's a lot more information about that coming up especially in the full review video which is in the works and on its way thank you for watching and I'll talk to you guys in the next video peace the\n"