The $32,000 Mac Pro Killer - Summary

Summary

The video discusses a comparison between the 2019 Mac Pro and a custom-built PC, referred to as the PC Pro. The Mac Pro is praised for its beauty and power, equipped with 28 cores, 768GB of memory, and an exclusive AMD Radeon Vega Pro Duo graphics card. However, it's noted for its high cost.

The PC Pro aims to outperform the Mac Pro in every way, starting with a unique case design and superior hardware specifications, including a powerful CPU and up to 2TB of RAM support. Despite some challenges with hardware access and boot times, the PC Pro is shown to excel in GPU-intensive tasks, outperforming the Mac Pro in gaming and certain content creation benchmarks.

The video concludes that while the PC Pro is an example of excess and not optimized for any single task, it represents the pinnacle of performance at a significant cost. The sponsor, Csonic, is thanked for supporting the video.

Facts

Here are the key facts extracted from the text:

1. The PC Pro system costs $32,000.
2. The Mac Pro system costs $33,000.
3. The PC Pro system has a 32-core processor, while the Mac Pro has a 28-core processor.
4. The PC Pro system has 1020 GB of memory, while the Mac Pro has 768 GB of memory.
5. The PC Pro system uses a custom-built case that costs $2,000.
6. The PC Pro system has a 12-year warranty on its power supply.
7. The PC Pro system uses two Quadro RTX 8000 graphics cards, which cost $5,500 each.
8. The PC Pro system has a total of $13,499 spent on graphics.
9. The PC Pro system has a power supply that costs $270 and has a 12-year warranty.
10. The PC Pro system uses active coolers to keep its memory modules cool.
11. The PC Pro system has 128 GB memory modules that cost $1,200 each.
12. The PC Pro system uses a server motherboard that is not designed for gaming.
13. The PC Pro system has a slower boot time than the Mac Pro.
14. The PC Pro system has a higher power consumption than the Mac Pro.
15. The PC Pro system has a more powerful graphics card than the Mac Pro.
16. The PC Pro system uses a different type of connector for its graphics cards, called NVLink.
17. The PC Pro system has a lower score in some CPU benchmarks, but a higher score in GPU benchmarks.
18. The PC Pro system is not designed for gaming, but can still perform well in gaming tests.
19. The PC Pro system has a more expensive case than the Mac Pro.
20. The PC Pro system has a more expensive power supply than the Mac Pro.

Please note that some of these facts may be mentioned multiple times in the text, but I have only listed each fact once in the above list.