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Puget Mobile 16″ Laptop (2025) Product Showcase

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Evan Lagergren

In this article, we look at the performance, emissions, and form factor of the new Puget Mobile 16″ (2025).

After Effects 25.2 Beta CPU Roundup

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Matt Bach

With the recent overhaul of our After Effects benchmark, we thought it was a good time to do an in-depth analysis of the current CPUs on the market to see how they compare.

After Effects 25.2 Beta GPU Roundup

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Matt Bach

Our new After Effects benchmark includes a number of 3D-based tests which make heavy use of the GPU. Because of the change compared to previous benchmark versions, we thought it was a good time to do an in-depth analysis of the current GPUs on the market to see how they compare.

Puget Mobile 17″ vs M3 Max MacBook Pro 16″ for AI Workflows

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Jon Allman

How does the new Puget Mobile 17″ compare to the MacBook Pro M3 Max 16″ in performance across a variety of AI-powered workloads?

Mac vs PC for Content Creation (2024)

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Evan Lagergren

Following our recent M3 Max MacBook testing, we used our benchmark database to get performance data for Mac vs. PC for content creation.

Puget Systems Laptop vs Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max Battery Life and Thermals

Puget Mobile 17″ vs M3 Max MacBook Pro 16″ Battery & Thermal Analysis

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Evan Lagergren

The Puget Mobile 17″ is a mobile workstation. How does it’s battery life and emmisions compare to an Apple M3 Max?

Puget Systems Laptop vs Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max for Content Creation

Puget Mobile 17″ vs M3 Max MacBook Pro 16″ for Content Creation

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Evan Lagergren, Matt Bach and Kelly Shipman

How does the new Puget Mobile 17″ compare to the top-end M3 Max MacBook Pro 16″ in performance for content creation?

Premiere Pro performance: PC Workstation vs Mac Pro (2019)

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Matt Bach

Adobe Premiere Pro is generally pretty decent at leveraging both the CPU and GPU in your system, but even with a 28 Core CPU and Radeon Pro Vega GPUs, is the new 2019 Mac Pro able to keep up with a significantly more affordable PC workstation?

After Effects performance: PC Workstation vs Mac Pro (2019)

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Matt Bach

Adobe After Effects can easily bring even the most powerful workstation to its knees, but how does Apple’s new Mac Pro compare to a much more affordable PC workstation?