Since my 2014 MacBook Pro is slowly giving up in terms of performance for what I'm doing (3D animation and rendering with Blender), I want to get a new laptop, but now I'm wondering whether I should wait for the new 16 MacBook Pros or the Asus Zephyrus Duo with Ryzen 9 and RTX 3080 mobile should get. What do you think is stronger in 3D: The current AMD radeon Pro 5600m (OpenGl) or the RTX 3080 Max-Q (Cuda / OptiX)? I love MacOs and Final Cut, but the Asus is tempting. 😉
So I would take the RTX. But that's probably because I'm a gamer.
But I think she will have enough power for your work
The ROG Zephyrus Duo GX551 is far more powerful than any Macbook
Do you do it professionally or as a hobby? Desktop not an option?
The 3080 should be significantly better. However, I don't know what the software optimization looks like in MacOS
Since you have Blender in your topics, I assume that this is your primary software. In this case, clearly RTX GPU.
Much better integration, also support of Optix (RTX Cores) + CPU for rendering at the same time.
If I may also note, laptops are still not the yellow of the egg for 3D because of the heat development, if you can't live with being very mobile buy a desktop PC. This is usually cheaper for the same performance
Desktop, laptop, I know. But desktop is not an issue for me because I need something mobile. Is it not possible to render on a macBook with Radeon Pro via CPU and GPU at the same time? I only have experience with my 2014 ONLY with CPU. 😂
As far as I know, not all features are supported by the AMD GPU. I can't say 100% what it currently looks like with the rendering of CPU and GPU at the same time, a few years ago I didn't think it was possible.
Professionally but also a lot privately. I have now decided on the Asus, thanks! 🤗
