Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro. Pre-release Adobe Photoshop 2020 21.0.0 tested using a 12.5GB file and rotate, unsharp mask, auto color and scale functions.

Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using pre-production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with 64GB of RAM, pre-production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with 32GB of RAM, and pre-production 2.3GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with 16GB of RAM.

Individual tracks were enabled during playback until CPU became overloaded.

Tested using Logic Pro X 10.4.7 with project consisting of 253 tracks, each with an Amp Designer plug-in instance applied. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using pre-production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with 64GB of RAM and shipping 3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i7–based 15-inch MacBook Pro systems with 16GB of RAM.1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes actual formatted capacity less.

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