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Z690 miniITX, i9-12900K, RX 6900 XT, RAM 64GB, 1TB NVMe, Lian Li DAN A4-H20
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Z690 miniITX, i9-12900K, RX 6900 XT, RAM 64GB, 1TB NVMe, Lian Li DAN A4-H20
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Fun project & benchmark comparison between a US$3,500 SFF Intel Hack Studio and a US$4,000 M1 Ultra Mac Studio.
CPU: M1 Ultra 20-core with 16 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
GPU : M1 Ultra 48-core (add US$1,000 for 64 cores)
Media: H.264, HEVC, ProRes acceleration, 4 engines
RAM: 64GB unified memory
SSD: 1TB, up to 7.4GB/s
WIFI: 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 & Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet: 10Gb
PORTS: Four Thunderbolt4 ports and 1 HDMI port (5 displays)
Dual Fan air cooling (All)
PSU: 370 Watts
SFF: 4 liter case (20 cm x 20 cm base x 10 cm height)
CPU: i9-12900K - 16-core with 8 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores
GPU: RX 6900 XT - 40 compute units
Media: hardware acceleration via RX 6900 XT
RAM: 64GB DDR 5
SSD: 1TB, up to 7.0GB/s
WIFI: 802.11ac & Bluetooth 4.0
Ethernet: 2.5Gb
PORTS: 2 Thunderbolt4 Ports, 3x DisplayPort and 1 HDMI port (4 displays)
Dual Fan liquid cooling (CPU)
PSU: 850 Watts
SFF: 11 liter case (14 cm x 32 cm base x 24 cm height)
These are still limited and lack real world application benchmarks for creative professionals.
i9-12900K - 17201
M1 Ultra - 24000 (96% scaling)
M1 Max- 12500
In raw CPU performance the M1 Ultra is about 50% faster than the i9-12900K, which may not perform optimally in real world applications due to the lack of support for P and E cores in macOS.
i9-12900K - 1996
M1 Ultra - 1790
M1 Max - 1780
RX 6900 XT - 160187
M1 Ultra 64 Cores - 104000 (81% scaling)
RX 6600 XT - 83812
M1 Ultra 48 Cores - 91000 (94% scaling)
M1 Max 32 Cores - 64265
RX 6900 XT - 169247
M1 Ultra 64 Cores - 86000 (76% scaling)
RX 6600 XT - 81741
M1 Ultra 48 Cores - 72000 (85% scaling)
M1 Max 32 Cores - 56550
The M1 scales almost linearly with doubling the CPU core count from M1 Max to M1 Ultra (96%), but the GPU does not scale quite as well, as the increase in performance is only 80% when doubling the GPU cores. This puts the 48 core version closer to a RX 6600 XT and the 64 core version at only two-thirds of the Metal performance of the RX 6900 XT.
MB: Z690 miniITX
CPU: i9-12900K
GPU: RX 6900 XT
RAM: 64 GB DDR 5
SSD: 1TB - Read 7000MB/s & Write 5300MB/s
Wifi Fenvi
Liquid Cooler - 240 mm
PSU: 850 W
Case: 11 liter SFF
hoses should face upward and pump should not be too big pump due to cramped ITX board
use shorter hoses (380 mm, over PSU), rather than over memory and under PSU
More real world benchmarks as they become available:
The M1 Max does perform better in real world benchmarks than the raw Geekbench Metal scores suggest. With 80% scaling, the M1 Ultra with 64 cores should therefore be able to outperform the RX 6900 XT in some important applications.
US$3,500
See also: US$1,800
310x55mm
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An i7-12700 might be more suitable for this case with a 240 mm cooler. - If the cooling capacity inside the Lian Li DAN A4-H20 proves to be insufficient for the i9-12900K, a case like the 15 liter could be used instead, as it can accommodate a bigger 280 mm liquid cooler and has more space for the GPU. (Dimensions:42 cm x 22 cm x 31 cm)
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