Does it really matter what GPU you use for video editing?

[Crosso_7]

I am really having a hard time with choosing the right GPU.

Just to clarify things, I am using Adobe products to do my video rendering etc.
I am planning to use a Ryzen CPU like the 1700 or upcoming 2700 CPU.

After looking online at posts it seems that GTX 1070 is good for Adobe products because of CUDA cores.
But after looking for comparisons I found this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XYaFqq2mg

It seems that it comes back to the CPU instead of the GPU.
Is this true? And can someone give me numbers of rendering with various GPU benchmarks of 4K content?

 

[Lutfij]

If you intend to only move forward with professional productions, then you shouldn't be looking at gaming graphics cards. You should also note that the RX Vega is more power hungry, asking more from your PSU and eventually more from the wall.

I'm assuming you're only confining yourself to Adobe's Premier Pro?

 

[Crosso_7]

If you intend to only move forward with professional productions, then you shouldn't be looking at gaming graphics cards. You should also note that the RX Vega is more power hungry, asking more from your PSU and eventually more from the wall.

I'm assuming you're only confining yourself to Adobe's Premier Pro?

To come back at which GPU I had on my mind. I was more thinking to the Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 8GB because of the unbelievable prices currently of the higher end cards. That's why I asked if it would make a world of difference if I pick a lower power card but get (almost) same result.

I use Adobe Premere, After Efects, Photoshop and Media Encoder.

 

[Dnhilos]

I am really having a hard time with choosing the right GPU.

Just to clarify things, I am using Adobe products to do my video rendering etc.
I am planning to use a Ryzen CPU like the 1700 or upcoming 2700 CPU.

After looking online at posts it seems that GTX 1070 is good for Adobe products because of CUDA cores.
But after looking for comparisons I found this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XYaFqq2mg

It seems that it comes back to the CPU instead of the GPU.
Is this true? And can someone give me numbers of rendering with various GPU benchmarks of 4K content?

Really wondering about this too, the 1060 3gb vs 1060 6gb vs 1070 and maybe a 1080. Benchmarks for video editing. Only thing I could find was this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_SEHdqs4FQ&t=3s

Can't understand what he's saying but according to the numbers @9:00 it matters only very little, especially if you look at the price difference.
Thing is tho, it doesn't show scrubbing through a timeline, which I can imagine would matter more.

 

[Crosso_7]

I am really having a hard time with choosing the right GPU.

Just to clarify things, I am using Adobe products to do my video rendering etc.
I am planning to use a Ryzen CPU like the 1700 or upcoming 2700 CPU.

After looking online at posts it seems that GTX 1070 is good for Adobe products because of CUDA cores.
But after looking for comparisons I found this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XYaFqq2mg

It seems that it comes back to the CPU instead of the GPU.
Is this true? And can someone give me numbers of rendering with various GPU benchmarks of 4K content?

Really wondering about this too, the 1060 3gb vs 1060 6gb vs 1070 and maybe a 1080. Benchmarks for video editing. Only thing I could find was this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_SEHdqs4FQ&t=3s

Can't understand what he's saying but according to the numbers @9:00 it matters only very little, especially if you look at the price difference.
Thing is tho, it doesn't show scrubbing through a timeline, which I can imagine would matter more.

I know that scrubbing through a timeline with a Nvidia GPU is a bit better because of the CUDA cores (althoug I am sill looking if this is any difrent with AMD cards), but for the video rendering Nvidia vs AMD I really can not find any results.

To come back at my question. Does it really matter what GPU you use for video editing?

 

[The Paladin]

I am really having a hard time with choosing the right GPU.

Adobe premiere requirement GPU Requirements : https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html
Adobe After effects GPU recommendations : https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/system-requirements.html
Photoshop's GPU requirements: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html
Adobe Media Encoder GPU requirements L https://helpx.adobe.com/media-encoder/system-requirements.html

I would start with media encoder, then after effects then Photoshop then Premier and find in the listing provided a common video card that can handle what you need according to what "portion" of the programs you use.

To come back at my question. Does it really matter what GPU you use for video editing

yes of course, a GT1030 will not process a video (example converting from MKV to MP4) at the same rate a GTX 970 will.
will the quality be different? probably not, but a 1HR video will take 45mins to convert on a GT1030 versus 22 Mins on GTX970

 

[Crosso_7]

I am really having a hard time with choosing the right GPU.

Adobe premiere requirement GPU Requirements : https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html
Adobe After effects GPU recommendations : https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/system-requirements.html
Photoshop's GPU requirements: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html
Adobe Media Encoder GPU requirements L https://helpx.adobe.com/media-encoder/system-requirements.html

I would start with media encoder, then after effects then Photoshop then Premier and find in the listing provided a common video card that can handle what you need according to what "portion" of the programs you use.

To come back at my question. Does it really matter what GPU you use for video editing

yes of course, a GT1030 will not process a video (example converting from MKV to MP4) at the same rate a GTX 970 will.
will the quality be different? probably not, but a 1HR video will take 45mins to convert on a GT1030 versus 22 Mins on GTX970

Maybe I have not informed you well. I was not planning on to "convert" a video per-see. What I am doing right now is working with for example a After Effects template with Photoshop files in it put in Premiere and render it out for tells say YouTube in 4K quality.

 

[The Paladin]

okay rendering and converting is basically the same function internally on the card, your using the GPU chip to generate a video.

 

[Crosso_7]

okay rendering and converting is basically the same function internally on the card, your using the GPU chip to generate a video.

Does it than matter if I pick up a GTX 1070 or a AMD RX 580 or not?

 

[The Paladin]

well I would say GTX 1060 over RX 580 buts its close to be honest, and depends on the price your paying for it

 

[Crosso_7]

well I would say GTX 1060 over RX 580 buts its close to be honest, and depends on the price your paying for it

Is the 1060 good for 4K tho for scrubbing through a timeline for example?

 

[The Paladin]

well I am no 4K expert, and in theory both can do the job, that said the main differences when it comes to processing as I see it is the following

GTX 1070 CUDA Cores: 1920
GTX 1060 CUDA Cores: 1280

GTX 1070 RAM: 8GB DDR5
GTX 1060 RAM: 6GB DDR5

GTX 1070 Memory Interface Width 256-bit
GTX 1060 Memory Interface width 192-bit

GTX 1070 Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 256 GB/s
GTX 1060 Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 192 GB/s

Can the 1060 do what you need without an issue? most likely, maybe someone else can chime in, but both can handle the 7680x4320@60Hz resolution.

 

[James Mason]

The more VRAM the better for video editing basically, especially 4k. CPU and RAM and Storage drive Speed are all still pretty equally important, as one of them will easily become your bottleneck.