40 PCWorld MARCH 2021REVIEWS APPLE M1 VS. RYZEN^5000
when you consider that it’s still the non-native
version of Premiere. We also believe that
huge advantage the Gigabyte Aorus 17 has
with its 8-core Core i7-10870H and GeForce
RTX 3080 would likely fall if we hooked up the
Flow X13 to its GeForce RTX 3080 eGPU.
Even if the MacBook Pro M1 picked up a
bump from a native version of Premiere, its
inability to run an eGPU would hamper those
who need extra GPU performance when
running plugged in.
Our next test uses Pugetbench for
Photoshop to run the laptops through a spate
of tests on the venerable photo editor.
Photoshop tends to be less reliant on multiple
cores, so CPUs with higher clock speeds as
well as high efficiency tend to win. The filtersalso can be hit-or-miss—some use more
cores, while others favor certain CPU designs.
You can read more about just what matters to
Photoshop, Premiere, and Adobe Lightroom
(which isn’t tested here on the Mac) in this
deep-dive story (go.pcworld.com/i7r4).
Photoshop also cares about a fast GPU for
some tasks, but unlike Premiere, GPU doesn’t
matter quite as much across the board.
Even without its external GeForce RTX
3080, the Asus ROG Flow X13’s Ryzen 9
5980HS stands above the others. We think it
would open that lead even more with the XG
Mobile attached. The Apple M1 in the
MacBook Pro does relatively well, but it’s
basically dead even with Intel’s 11th-gen Tiger
Lake chip in the MSI Prestige 14.
The Apple M1 is again handcuffed withAdobe Premiere Pro 14.5
PugetBench 0.92
Seconds
Asus Zephyrus G148-core Ryzen 9 4900HS (Default AC)
Asus ROG Flow X138-core Ryzen 9 5980HS (Turbo AC)
Asus ROG Flow X138-core Ryzen 9 5980HS (Default AC)
Lenovo Slim 78-core Ryzen 7 4800U (Performance AC)
Apple MacBook Pro 138-core M1 (Default AC)
MSI Prestige 144-core Core i7-1185G7 (Performance AC)
MSI Prestige 146-core Core i7-10710U (Default AC)
Acer Predator Triton 5006-core Core i7-10750H (CoolBoost AC)
Gigabyte Aero 178-core Core i7-10870H (Boost AC)
LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE608359402360501300233862524The MacBook Pro with M1 is hobbled by Rosetta
translation in V-Ray Next.LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCEAsus Zephyrus G148-core Ryzen 9 4900HS (Default AC)
Asus ROG Flow X138-core Ryzen 9 5980HS (Turbo AC)
Asus ROG Flow X138-core Ryzen 9 5980HS (Default AC)
Lenovo Slim 78-core Ryzen 7 4800U (Performance AC)
Apple MacBook Pro 138-core M1 (Default AC)
MSI Prestige 144-core Core i7-1185G7 (Performance AC)
MSI Prestige 146-core Core i7-10710U (Default AC)
Acer Predator Triton 5006-core Core i7-10750H (CoolBoost AC)
Gigabyte Aero 178-core Core i7-10870H (Boost AC)13,10310,93210,58112,2137,1117, 0 8 68,5775,55911,63 0V-Ray Next 4.10
CPU performance