The tests included XAVC 4K media at 25, 50, and 100p, and XAVC S-I 4K 50p, ProRes 422, and iPhone 12 (HEIC) 4K footage. The Intel-based systems had 2.0 GHz quad-core CPUs and 16GB on onboard memory. The M1 systems had the Apple M1 chipset with 8-core CPUs and GPUs and 16GB of Unified Memory. The Pfeiffer Report compared the Premiere Pro Beta on 13” MacBook Pros with 2TB SSD hard drives.

Improved efficiency and significantly longer battery life.

Next-level performance gains for optimized Sensei AI features for the Apple Neural Engine.

Faster overall response times and performance.

Marked improvements for import, playback and exports.

Notable results for Premiere Pro’s performance include: Premiere Pro’s M1 support, currently in beta, will be available soon.īased on all benchmarks conducted, Creative Cloud is on average over 80% faster using the M1 system when compared to an identically configured Intel system.

This news comes as part of today’s major updates across Creative Cloud, which includes native versions now shipping for Illustrator, InDesign, and Lightroom Classic for Apple’s M1 Macs.

Adobe today has unveiled interesting 3rd party performance benchmark data that shows side-by-side comparisons of Premiere Pro, among other Creative Cloud tools, on Intel vs M1-based Macs.

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