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Mac Studio - M4 or M3 - CPU/GPU influence

Posted: 16.03.2025 11:28
by AWI1967
Hello,
is the performance for stacking more dependent on the count of CPU or GPU cores?
I am considering to lease a new mac studio and there are several options available....
All the best and thank you
Andreas

Re: Mac Studio - M4 or M3 - CPU/GPU influence

Posted: 16.03.2025 13:24
by Catherine
Hello Andreas,

That depends on your images (format and resolution). If your images are in raw format, more CPU power is better. If it's JPEG or TIFF, then either more GPU cores is better, or you won't see a meaningful difference either way (because the focus stacking itself is very fast as long as the GPU is decently capable).