artmaltman
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Do any of you know whether quad core is an advantage over dual core when it comes to editing photographs in Lightroom and Photoshop?
I'm debating MacBook pro 13" (dual) vs 15" (quad) and really, I'd rather have the smaller one. The issue is whether the quad core would make Photoshop and Lightroom run noticeably faster when editing photographs. I get into very detailed editing on headshot. Lightroom in particular will bog down tremendously sometimes.
All of my software is most current version, always. Currently using a 2015 MBPr 13" maxed out I7 16gig memory. Considering the latest (2017) MBPr models.
My impression is that Photoshop and Lightroom use only one core, so what matters more is the speed of that one core, in which case the 13" at 3.5mhz is actually faster.
SO, do any of you know whether quad core is an advantage over dual core when it comes to editing photographs in Lightroom and Photoshop?
Thanks!
Art
ps: I have read that use of the dedicated GPU on a 15" would actually slow down these programs when editing photographs. That it's best to turn off the dedicated GPU. Have any of you confirmed that via testing?
I'm debating MacBook pro 13" (dual) vs 15" (quad) and really, I'd rather have the smaller one. The issue is whether the quad core would make Photoshop and Lightroom run noticeably faster when editing photographs. I get into very detailed editing on headshot. Lightroom in particular will bog down tremendously sometimes.
All of my software is most current version, always. Currently using a 2015 MBPr 13" maxed out I7 16gig memory. Considering the latest (2017) MBPr models.
My impression is that Photoshop and Lightroom use only one core, so what matters more is the speed of that one core, in which case the 13" at 3.5mhz is actually faster.
SO, do any of you know whether quad core is an advantage over dual core when it comes to editing photographs in Lightroom and Photoshop?
Thanks!
Art
ps: I have read that use of the dedicated GPU on a 15" would actually slow down these programs when editing photographs. That it's best to turn off the dedicated GPU. Have any of you confirmed that via testing?