(door creaking) (lock cracking) (gate creaking) (bag rustling) (suspenseful music) (bag rustling) (metal tinging) (suspenseful music intensifying) (bag rustling) (bag crashing) (alarm bells ringing) (suspenseful music) (grunting) - Hey sir, they found it. You better get over here now. (alarm bells ringing) Oh. Oh nevermind. Yeah, no sorry, false alarm, yeah I thought they were
gonna take the fast one. Yeah, you have a good night. Phew. This is the PC Pro. $32000 worth of PC hardware so fast it'll knock your socks
right out of your sandals. Let's take a look inside at
the beautiful power supply provided by our sponsor Seasonic who makes great power
supplies for everything from entry level gaming rigs to servers, to monsters like this. (upbeat music) The 2019 Mac Pro is a thing of beauty and there's no denying that it's powerful. Ours here is equipped
with 28 processing cores, 768 gigabytes of memory. It's got an AMD Radeon Vega Pro Duo. A graphics card so exclusive
you can only get it in this machine. And it's got one small problem, Mac's aren't known for
their bang for the buck. So then, even if I had a lot of bucks, 33000 of them to be precise here, would I be better off with
one of these or one of these? With the PC Pro, our goal
was to create a machine that beats the Mac Pro
in every conceivable way starting with the case. This InWin Tou 2.0 is one of
only 300 units in existence. And it's one of the few PC cases that I think is truly striking enough to take on the Mac Pro. The outside is covered in five millimeter thick tempered glass that has been vacuum sputter coated to create an incredible one way way mirror that only shows off your hardware when internal lighting is applied. The process is a little deeper
than we have time for now, but it's super freaking cool. So watch this video from
Applied Science later on. All of that tempered
glass is held in place by an aluminum frame
that was welded by hand giving it the distinctive
geometric look that it has. Now, hearing words like welded by hand and vacuum sputter
coating, and one of 300, you'd probably guess that
this is worth a pretty penny and at $2000, you'd be correct. So for that price, how
good is it to build in? - [Alex] Not good, very bad. - All right, so hardware access then, Mac Pro one, PC Pro zero. Now, Alex, I can't help, but notice that we've got
two monitors hooked up to the PC Pro and only one to the Mac. - [Alex] Yeah, the second one there is just for the post sequence. So you know that it's
actually doing something after you hit the power button. - Of course it is. I feel like I know how
this is gonna work out, but let's do our power on boot time test. Okay, fine, I'll press that button. - [Alex] Just give it a second. Yes.
- Okay, What did you do? - I Just held it for longer. - The good news is that you've
got remote access over IPMI. So if you're not in the same building, you can still remote
into it over the network and update the bios or
restart it or whatever. The bad news is it outputs to VGA first and then display port later. All right. Boot time is admittedly not a strong point for the PC Pro here. So Mac Pro two, PC Pro zero. Admittedly, this isn't going
very well for us so far there. - [Alex] It'll get there. - Now one of the toughest
decisions for this build was actually the CPU. Threadripper was very tempting because of its excellent single core performance, overclocking capabilities, and official support for Windows 10. The deal breaker for us was its maximum memory
capacity of 256 gigs. Now for most applications, 256 gigs of RAM is a lot, but the Mac Pro here can be kitted out with up to one and a
half terabytes of memory. And we couldn't allow ourselves
to get beaten like that. That's why we chose, against
AMD's wishes, the EPYC 7502P, a 32-core server processor with support for up to two terabytes of RAM. Now it adds $3847 and
18 cents to the total of our machine here. But as far as we can tell it's lack of support for windows 10 is just a validation
bottleneck over at AMD. And I'm quite confident that it will beat the 28-core Mac Pro in multi-threaded tests, even if it falls somewhat
behind in single-threaded tests. Besides, I mean, I think
it's fair to assume that anyone buying a 28
or a 32-core processor is mostly concerned with
multi-threading anyway, right? The main problem with
choosing a server processor is that you're usually stuck
with a server motherboard. In our case, the TYAN
Mainboard S8030GM2NE. Now to be clear, we really like it. And there's even another version of it that has dual onboard 10
gigabit network cards. But the thing is we
aren't exactly using it in its intended application. So certain things like fast boot times, robust IO and fancy black
PCBs have been sacrificed for things like reliability, high quality PCI Express
Gen four capable traces and heaps and heaps of storage options. Let's go ahead and open it up. That is a thick boy of a panel. Dang! Man, there is something
positively delightful about seeing 64 threads in Task Manager and check this out, 1020 gigabytes of memory. However, keeping a terabyte of RAM cooled is a no laughing matter. These 128 gig modules that
we're using from SK Hynix run freaking hot. So we're actually using
something that I haven't seen since the Skulltrail days, these active coolers running over top of our duel four dim banks
of memory modules here. And I had a small heart attack when I saw that this one was resting on the back of our graphics card, but actually it's okay, good job, Alex. You covered it in electrical tape, which is definitely an
appropriate solution for a $30000 machine. - Do you wannna hear why we
really need those coolers? Let's just turn these off for a second. - There's an alarm that
goes off at 95 degrees. It's mad we gotta plug
the RAM coolers back in! All right, that's better. We're down to about 50 degrees now. Now that alarm might seem obnoxious, but all the monitoring on this motherboard is part of what allows it to run 24-7 in a server type environment. Besides we've got to protect these modules because they're over $1200 each for a total of $9792 of
memory alone in our system. Pivoting to our least expensive component. If we were to 100% push
everything in this system, we'd be drawing close to 1300 Watts. Now, normally we throw a Seasonic Prime Platinum
1300W Power Supply and rigs, just because we can. It'll run most gaming machines without even turning on the fan. Here, we actually need the entire 108 amps on the 12 volt rail and 1320
Watts of continuous power. Now in real world operation, you almost never actually
run every component of a system at a hundred percent. So we're not expecting to see more than about a thousand Watts
of power usage at a time, partly because of how
the GPU's are configured. More on that later. But it is considered best practice to over spec your power supply a little because they do degrade
a little over time. Also upgrades happen and a
failure, especially in this case, can destroy a lot of expensive hardware. So this unit has a 12 year warranty and only took a $270
bite out of our budget, which sounds totally
reasonable in this context. Back to expensive stuff now. This right here is a Quadro RTX 8000, NVIDIA's top GPU with a
staggering 48 gigabytes of VRAM and a price tag of $5500. Just a single one of these
should be able to put a Vega Pro Duo in its place. So naturally we got two, but there's more to it than that. Joining the two together
is a NV-Link Bridge, which is basically a 100 gigabyte per
second data superhighway that allows the two cards
to not just communicate with each other, but actually share memory, giving digital artists, data
scientists, and engineers 96 gigabytes of effective
VRAM in a single workstation. That is, it'll give them that
if their boss will sign off on the expense report. So we've got two Quadro's
and an NV-Link Bridge, which means that NV-Link
should just be working, right? You might think that by
looking at NVIDIA's literature, the only problem is
that this guide contains almost zero useful information. Run a command to check
if it's working, you say. How and where do I run this command? Fortunately for us, the guys over at Puget
Systems put together a guide for how to get NV-Link going, which they created through trial and error without any documentation from NVIDIA. First problem, when enabling
NV-Link con Quadros, the display output actually gets disabled. So we needed another GPU of
the same generation or newer. In our case, this RTX Titan here is gonna act as our display output. Then we have to do some
command prompt stuff to enable NV link on the GPU's. And after a reboot, we can run the NV-Link tester that Puget Systems actually made to ensure that it's all working and check the bandwidth between the cards. Huge, thanks to those guys for
putting all of that together. I have no clue how NVIDIA
expects their customers to figure these things out otherwise. In a nutshell, everything I just said means
that this RTX Titan here is just a really pretty
golden display output, bringing our total spend
on graphics up to $13499. Ridiculous. Fortunately, the RTX Titan is also the
fastest gaming GPU on the market. So naturally for our first test, we're gonna see just how
well these two computers, that are completely not
designed for gaming, fair against each other in gaming. Ready for the drag race? - [Alex] Yeah.
- All right. Run benchmark three, two, one, go. They're both running Windows by the way, just so you guys know. That's a lot more FPS. - [Alex] Yup. - Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, it's a lot more. And you can talk all day
about how this is gaming and it's not for gaming or whatever, but more GPU power is more GPU power. That would be clearly beneficial. Oh nice. That was a pretty one sided fight. But a W's a W, so it's
two-one for the Mac Pro. Let's go for the Mac
Pros main draw though, content creation. To test this to its fullest, our video editor, Mark, who
is admittedly a Mac a guy put together a benchmark for us in Premiere and Final
Cut Pro to really test if the better optimized Mac Pro, which does by the way, have the accelerator card in it, or the much more powerful PC
Pro is able to take the win. So we've got a multi-platform
audio, visual render kit or "markbench" as we're calling it. So we weren't kidding when we said that the IO
on this thing is terrible. It's got two USB3 ports, a management network interface, that's not like a network
port you can actually use, VGA, serial and then two
gigabit network ports. And then it could also have
two more 10 gig network ports, lots of networking. What is that now,
three-one for the Mac Pro? Wait, so I see there's
a USB card right here. Is there a reason we didn't
install this in the bottom slot? - Yeah, we bought pretty cheap ones and they were causing stability issues. - Markbench also known as benchmark. I love myself. So here it is the Afterburner Card versus two RTX 8000's worth of GPU muscle. Three, two, one...go. - Keep in mind that this is
a multiple AK clips animated with effects attached to them. - Oh, so you did the same project in both pieces of software. I thought we were just
doing a simple end code, but we're not. Oh, this is way more interesting then. So we're using 100% CPU right now. - [Mark] This is using 90% GPU. - Ah, these puppies are up at 80 degrees. It is using them. - [Alex] Perfect, it's done.
- Are you done? Oh yeah, oh yeah, done. - [Mark] I'm at 45%. - [Alex] That's the thrashed. - Oh dang! I was not expecting that result. - [Mark] I wasn't either the scripts were- - Oh, this is the first
time you've seen it. - [Mark] Yeah, that's the
first time I've seen it. - Oh, that's hilarious, okay. - [Mark] the script's written
as if the Mac wins markbench. - Oh, okay. The problem with a lot of
videos about the Mac Pro though, is that people that make
videos about the Mac Pro are mostly, well video
creation professionals. In real life, video
editors who might observe that the Mac Pro is so much faster, make up only a small portion of the people that need massive computing
power for their work. Engineers and scientists, financial analysts, medical professionals, and many others require
this kind of power. So for them, how is the performance
between these two machines going to differ? We're gonna find the biggest
differences in applications that support NVIDIA's CUDA
GPU compute exclusively, and will not be able to take
advantage of the AMD GPUs found in the Mac Pro. For instance, SOLIDWORKs
Visualize only supports CUDA. So on the Mac Pro it took
several times as long as it did on the PC Pro. Meaning our score is now even. - To look at some other workloads, we're leaning on the spec
workstation benchmark. In many of the CPU tests that are either single core dependent or shorter burstier or
multi-core workloads, the Mac Pro comes out ahead. So 7-Zip, Blender, Python
compiling and simulations that are just out of
necessity, single core, like stress analysis, because it can't be paralyzed. That netts the Mac Pro 11 points. The only thing though, is that the Mac Pro only
won these CPU benchmarks by a little bit, whereas in anything that
required GPU muscle, the PC Pro absolutely wrecked house. Sometimes doubling the Mac Pro giving it a total of 13 points. Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo,
whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo! Sort of, I mean, here's the thing guys, cheerleading any kind of
inanimate object is silly and making the right decision
is always gonna come down to your particular workload and budget. So let's get back to practicality. As cool as the PC Pro is I don't think anybody should buy this. I mean, we did find a way
to spend $32000 on a PC, but this configuration isn't
going to excel at any one task like a machine that was
built with more focus would. Like say we wanted the fastest
rendering machine possible. We would sacrifice a bunch of the RAM and spend that money on
additional GPU muscle. It may be we do need loads of RAM for big financial calculations. Well, in that case, we
could ditch some GPU and get a server board that doubles our maximum memory
capacity to four terabytes. Probably the most egregious waste of money is of course the case, which is a hundred
percent form over function and is 10 times the cost of a less flashy and more pragmatic one. But in fairness to us, we were trying to compete with Apple here. When in Rome, right? And besides at the end of the day, we achieved exactly what we set out to do. Look at this thing. The PC Pro is a nod to access. And in that it excels absolutely. Where Mac Pro destroys your wallet while making massive
performance compromises because Mr. Cook and Mr. Wong, can't sort out their differences, the PC Pro evaporates your bank account while being the most OP system around. And yeah, it doesn't
excel at one single task and definitely has its own problems. But I think it's pretty
epic, pun intended. And I want to thank Seasonic
for sponsoring this video and you for watching it. If you guys are looking for
another fun over the top Mac themed PC video, maybe check out our Hack Pro series. By the time this is out, we should be done filming the finale and you're gonna be able to binge watch the entire thing very soon.
The hell is going on with the colour grading in this video? All the footage is pink.