Mac Pro 6 Core vs Intel 8 Core 5960x on Sighthound

[ahallada]

I have some performance results comparing the Mac Pro 6 Core Xeon 3.5Ghz, 32GB DDR3/ OSX 10.10 to the new Intel Haswell 8 Core 5960X i7, 32GB DDR4 on X99 chipset / Win 8.1 Pro

I set up 5 Axis M3007P cams running at 5MP each in Sighthound (most current version). I was surprised by the results. The Mac Pro performed better than expected.

Mac Pro 6 Core Xeon 3.5Ghz/ 32GB DDR3 = 28% of CPU usage

Intel 8 Core 5960X i7 3Ghz/ 32GB DDR4 = 24% CPU usage

I purchased the Mac Pro for $3,300 (ebay) and the Intel 5960X (Newegg) for around $2600.00.


I will pay a little extra for Mac OSX and a super quiet computer (barely audible)!

Thanks to the guys at Sighthound for helping me out with this testing!

[Devin]

ahallada,

Thanks for sharing your findings!

-Devin