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Mac Pro Westmere RAW-file Import with PhaseONE CaptureONE

Last updated January 8, 2010

See test machine configuration.

PhaseOne Capture One Pro 5.1.2 — convert to 16-bit uncompressed TIF

Note that 12 cores is 31% faster than 6 cores— a significant benefit, especially compared to the dismal scalability of most of the other RAW converters. Kudos to PhaseOne.

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RAW-file Processing Speed — Save as 16-bit TIF

PhaseONE CaptureONE Pro does a very good job, but CPU cores are not fully used.

CPU Core usage with Mac Pro RAW file conversion software
CPU core usage with CaptureONE Pro processing to 16-bit TIF
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