I'm having the same dilemma I have a 2017 iMac 27" but with an i5 processor. Personally, I'd give the iMac the advantage here and would choose it, seeing how it is not much slower than the MacBook Pro, with its other strong points sealing the deal for me. It is important that you decide whether screen real estate or portability is more important to you. However, the iMac has a bigger screen, a greater variety of ports, and a bigger SSD in your case as well. Purely based on performance, you should decide for it.
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I think the iMac has the "port advantage without disadvantage" here.ĬONCLUSION: The MacBook Pro 15" 2018 (especially with 560X GPU) is slightly more powerful than the iMac. For any USB-A device (most external devices as of today) you'll need an adapter dongle with the MacBook Pro. However, the iMac is more compatible to contemporary and older equipment, thanks to its USB-A ports. Both devices have USB-C, so both are quite future-proof. Whether the iMac is superior or not depends on whether or not you need its additional ports. The port selection is quite different the iMac (2 x USB-C / Thunderbolt 3, 4 x USB-A 3.0, 3.5 mm headphone jack, 1 x SDXC card slot, 1 x Ethernet) differs much from the port selection of the MacBook Pro 15" 2018 (4 x USB-C / Thunderbolt 3, 1 x 3.5 mm headphone jack).The MacBook Pro has the portability factor on its side, in turn.
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The screen is the biggest Plus of the iMac. More screen real estate is always great to have, and should be factored into your purchasing decision, unless you intend to buy a very good monitor along with the MacBook Pro. Obviously, the iMac 21.5" 4K 2017 has a bigger screen compared to the MacBook pro 15" 2018.Some other differences between the devices include: You mentioned that you are a video editor - rendering videos is a taxing task for the GPU, and a faster GPU could speed things up here. The additional expense of $100 is well worth it in my opinion, considering the fairly large performance gap between the two. However, should you decide for the MacBook Pro, I think you should really consider going for the 560X instead of the 555X. However, the difference between 560 and 560X is not big by any means. However, the Radeon Pro 560X beats the Radeon Pro 560 - unsurprising, as the Radeon Pro 560X is a slightly modified / improved version of the Radeon Pro 560. Radeon Pro 560X (found in the MBP 15" 2018 with 2.6 GHz i7 CPU & 2.9 GHz i9 CPU, optional in the MBP 15" 2018 with 2.2 GHz i7 CPU):Īs you can see, the Radeon Pro 560 of the iMac 21.5" 4K 2017 beats the Radeon Pro 555X of the MacBook Pro 15" 2018. Radeon Pro 555X (found in the MBP 15" 2018 with 2.2 GHz i7 CPU by default): Radeon Pro 560 (found in the iMac 21.5" 4K 2017 with 3.6 GHz i7 CPU): Now, let's take a look at the respective GPUs: Both machines are top performers, and their CPUs can cope with demanding tasks. The roughly 3000 point difference in Multi-Core is not insignificant, but neither is it something to write home about. The Multi-Core performance number is the more important figure to look at, as modern programs are - for the most part - designed to make use of multiple cores in a CPU at once.
MacBook Pro 15" 2018, 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7-8750H Hexa Core:Īs you can see, the MacBook Pro 15" 2018 is slightly faster than the iMac 21.5" 4K 2017. Let's start with the Geekbench scores of the CPUs:
In order to understand the performance difference between the two Macs, I think it makes sense to take a look at the respective Geekbench scores measuring CPU performance and the respective OpenCL scores measuring GPU performance. I just can't tell if an 8th gen i7 six core 2.2ghz stands up to a 7th gen 3.6ghz i7.
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