MacBook Pro 15" Late 2016 performance
I just got the recent MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) with Touchbar, fully specced up... And ran an After Effects comparison with my old Late 2013 machine, which was also the highest spec I could get at the time.
The 3 year old machine beat my new one by 2 minutes!
What gives?!
2016 model:
2.9 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
Intel HD Graphics 530 1536 MB
AMD Radeon Pro 460 4096 MB
2013 model:
2.3 GHz Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB
The 3 year old machine beat my new one by 2 minutes!
What gives?!
2016 model:
2.9 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
Intel HD Graphics 530 1536 MB
AMD Radeon Pro 460 4096 MB
2013 model:
2.3 GHz Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB
Comments
http://blogs.adobe.com/kevinmonahan/2013/09/13/enabling-cuda-for-the-mercury-playback-engine-in-the-macbook-pro-retina/
https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/after-effects-cc-2015-3-in-depth-gpu-accelerated-effects/
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2170657
Try the Metal or OpenCL options. CUDA, which only works on NVidia GPUs is sometimes better supported. Also check if you are running on battery, the performance of the hardware can drop when not plugged in.