Testing conducted by Apple in September 2021 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Max, 10-core CPU, and 32-core GPU, as well as production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9-based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 5600M graphics with 8GB of HBM2, all configured with 64GB of RAM and 8TB SSD.

Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro. Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.6 tested using a 5-minute project with 4K Apple ProRes 4444 media, at 3840x2160 resolution and 23.98 frames per second, transcoded to Apple ProRes 422. Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.6 tested using a 1-minute picture-in-picture project with 7 streams of Apple ProRes 422 video at 8192x4320 resolution and 30 frames per second, as well as a 1-minute picture-in-picture project with 30 streams of Apple ProRes 422 video at 3840x2160 resolution and 29.97 frames per second. Testing conducted by Apple in September 2021 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Max, 10-core CPU, and 32-core GPU, 64GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD.

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