Adobe Creative Cloud apps perform 83% better on average on M1 Macs over those on Intel Macs

An independent benchmarking project run by Pfeiffer Consulting has discovered that Adobe Creative Cloud on an M1 Mac performs more than 80 percent better than a similarly configured Intel-based MacBook Pro.The tests compared two similarly configured MacBook Pros — a 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro configured with 16GB RAM, 2TB of SSD, and a 13-inch Intel Core i5 MacBook Pro configured with 16GB RAM, and 2TB of SSD.The benchmark project was designed to analyze in detail how the first generation of Apple Silicon hardware performs in the context of creative workflows. The benchmarks covered seven of Adobe's Creative Cloud applications, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and XD. Read more...