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The new AMD Vega cards has a series of new architectural features that can have significant impact on the overall performance. I doubt if the Apple software has been optimized to take advantage of the new Vega new features. From the new geometry pipeline, pixel engine, to the new HBCC high-bandwidth memory cache controller, etc. These features can really speed up performance if they fine tune the applications and they optimize the drivers. Apple invented OpenCL, and AMD has followed Apples vision for OpenCL, while NVIDIA has always tried to sabotage the OpenGL efforts, which are key for Apple and for a lot of related technologies. If not for AMD Vega, Apple users will have to pay a lot more money for their machines.. Now that AMD is raising from the ashes, it is just a matter of time before the huge profits from the CPU and GPU TAMs begin to fill AMD's research and development coffers, which will help AMD to bring a lot more innovation and better technology to Apple, to the PC world, and to many other technologies.