In fact, the MacBook Airs run so cool that they don't even need any fans and therefore run completely silent.īest yet, the Apple M1 silicone is so efficient that the batteries on these computers last up to an astonishing 18 hours for the 13" M1 MacBook Air and 20 hours for the 13" M1 MacBook Pro! Not only is there processing performance superior, they are also running cooler and more silent than other computers. A high performance 3.2 Ghz Apple M1 chip with a whopping 8 Cores and either 7 or 8 Graphics Cores for their 13" models outperform any other processor on the market from any brand.
You wouldnt notice a big difference or huge lags in daily scenario (if you don't render heavy stuff).13" Apple M1 MacBook Airs and M1 MacBook ProsĪpple's latest 13" MacBook Airs and 13" MacBook Pros with its M1 Silicon have created a performance benchmark which all other laptops are measured against.
But I would say that Core i7 7700K (or even Core i5 7600K in lower cfg) is still a pretty capable CPU in terms of all the necessary tasks. Difference in Geekbench 5 is almost twice (4400 points vs 8000 points). But it needs advanced skills to do it tho (need to open/disasseble your iMac to get the access).ĬPU - 2017 model has Core i7-7700K in max config. So in terms of storage upgradability 2017 model looks more attractive. Also you can swap internal SATA HDD with SATA SSD through adapter as well. You can use external drives to expand your storage.Ģ017 iMac has internal Fusion drive and it is possible to replace the internal M2 SSD with desirable one through M2 adapter. Storage - 2020 model has SSD soldered onboard, so there's no chance of adding/replacing internal SSD. Up to 64Gb on 2017 model and up to 128Gb on 2020 model. Talking about RAM you can get 8gb model and add couple of DDR4 sticks by yourself at any model (cheaper and easy to access).
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If you install Windows through BootCamp you could play some games in FHD/QHD res with comfortable FPS.
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IMac 2017's Radeon Pro 580 is almost the same as 2020's 5500 XT which is like ~GTX 1060 in gaming. If you still want a slower intel mac, the 2020, 6 cores, 16 GB RAM with Radeon 5700 would be what I’d recommend. Count 3-4 years of « support » for intel platform after that and you’re likely to be done. Pretty sure it’s a much better investment.Īll Macs will be on Apple silicon by the end of the year. IMO, I’d take an M1 based Mac before an Intel one. The M1 is also nice but satisfying less power hungry use cases which would still be nice for everything you mentioned unless gaming. Unless this, you get a much more powerful computer (speaking of MacBook Pro 14-16 and upcoming Mac Mini using M1 Pro/Max). And you can’t play games on windows arm64. No, you can’t run bootcamp on Apple silicon, I admit. And macOS even now has features not compatible with intel based mac, and this list of features will only get longer with the upcoming versions. The iMac Pro 2022 rumoured will definitely be an insanely high performing computer. Some may think that it is a sweet price, given the 5500XT, in the current GPU situation.īecause Intel is a joke compared to M1 SoC, both in performance and efficiency. It is a little pricey at $ 500 per year of (conservative) useful life but it hits all my buttons and would likely be my choice in your situation.
Just glancing at the Apple refurb store, there is an i9, 5500XT, 1 TB SSD, 8 GB RAM unit available for under $ 2500. There are increasingly fast external TB3 drives available so the fusion drive is not the issue it once was, and RAM is trivial to upgrade.
The GPU is your call based on what Windows games you are looking at. I would prioritize CPU/# Cores > GPU > Fusion Drive/SSD > RAM as these are increasingly upgradable. I would not go lower than a 2017 i-7 7700 4 core/4 thread machine. There is already anecdotal evidence that 2 core Macs struggle with Monterey. I believe that this is predictive of how well Macs will handle future releases of MacOS. Here is a ranking of iMacs by Geekbench 5 Multi Core score (you may need to click on the MC tab). Your use case requires an Intel Mac so I will stay away from the M1/Intel debate.