https://wccftech.com/m1-macbook-pro-faster-than-imac-pro-final-cut-pro-x-video-exporting-test/

Apple’s M1 Mac models have finally started reaching customers, and they didn’t waste any time carrying out several benchmarks on them. The M1 MacBook Pro, in particular, looks to be one impressive machine, obtaining impressive scores in Cinebench R23 and beating the 2019 iMac Pro in two video export tests while running Final Cut Pro X. Bear in mind that the iMac Pro features an Intel Xeon workstation CPU, coupled with 128GB RAM and an AMD Radeon Vega 56 GPU. Here is a closer look at the results.

A photographer from Australia tested the M1 MacBook Pro against the 2019 iMac Pro and posted the entire performance comparison results on Weibo. MacRumors forums members were astonished by the results, considering that the M1 MacBook Pro only features 8GB of unified RAM. Coming to the Final Cut Pro X results, given below is how long both machines took to export a single H.264 Sony 10-bit clip.