02-04-2021, 07:04 PM
M A V I C wrote:
I was going to agree with you, but I've apparently seen different videos. The fan makes a big difference. Even on shorter encodes, it can be ~30% faster. When the CPU gets warm, it's limited. The MPB has a fan, the MBA does not.
Perhaps. I haven't watched all of the videos, just a bunch.

From my memory, its only longer stuff that hit it.
Even so, that might depend on your definition of "longer" video, or 4K, or 8K, or tons of effects or etc etc... which all can effect things.
No doubt if I was doing *any* video on a regular basis, the MBP would be the way to go.