x5690 VS. 4690k

[Giraffackle]

Alright, here's the quick rundown. I do a lot of video editing and photo editing as my job. This question is based more on the video editing aspect though. I edit RAW 4k footage that I later throw into Premiere Pro/After Effects where the footage is edited, color graded, effects are added, transitions, etc. I've got two systems right now, a Mac Pro with a Xeon x5690, and a Z97 build with a 4690k. I'm saving up for a new system, but at the moment, which one do you guys think would perform best? Thanks in advance!

[Electronics Wizardy]

If you have 2 systems why not just test what is fast. Take a sample project and see which one is faster to export.

[Giraffackle]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

If you have 2 systems why not just test what is fast. Take a sample project and see which one is faster to export.

Cause the Z97 system is currently disassembled, so I would have to build it, install windows, premiere, transfer a project over with footage, and then test it. Don't really want to go through the hassle if it's possible to get some answer first  (yeah I'm a little lazy)

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, Giraffackle said:

Cause the Z97 system is currently disassembled, so I would have to build it, install windows, premiere, transfer a project over with footage, and then test it. Don't really want to go through the hassle if it's possible to get some answer first  (yeah I'm a little lazy)

Well anandtech bench doesn't show much https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1261?vs=142

 

Id personally go 4690k. for reasons below

-usb 3 and better io

-you can oc

-much better single threaded

-premiere is faster on windows

-newer so should last a bit longer

[Enderman]

The xeon.

[MaratM]

In multithread tasks x5690 will do better than 4690k but only if it is overclocked at stock 3.4gHz they are almost identical

[bimmerman]

Does your Mac Pro's motherboard's bios support raising the BCLK, CPU multiplier, and adjusting voltages?

 

The 6 cores of the Xeon are not particularly fast by modern standards, but vs a Haswell chip, it's probably on the order of 20-25% slower per core at a given frequency.

 

Is you 4690k an i5 or i7? If it's an i5, the Xeon will be significantly faster at any multithreaded task. How much of what you do relies upon fast single core performance?

 

tl;dr, the xeon may surprise you.