Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.6.2 tested using a complex 5-minute project with 8K ProRes 422 media. Testing conducted by Apple in February 2022 using preproduction Mac Studio systems with Apple M1 Ultra, 20-core CPU, 64-core GPU, 128GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD, as well as production 3.6GHz 10-core Intel Core i9-based 27-inch iMac systems with Radeon Pro 5700 XT graphics with 16GB of GDDR6, 128GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD.Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Studio and iMac. Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.6.2 tested using a 5-minute project with 4K Apple ProRes 4444 media, at 3840x2160 resolution and 23.98 frames per second, transcoded to Apple ProRes 422.

Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Studio. Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.6.2 tested using a 1-minute picture-in-picture project with 18 streams of Apple ProRes 422 video at 8192x4320 resolution and 30 frames per second, as well as a 1-minute picture-in-picture project with 56 streams of Apple ProRes 422 video at 3840x2160 resolution and 29.97 frames per second. Testing conducted by Apple in February 2022 using preproduction Mac Studio systems with Apple M1 Ultra, 20-core CPU, 64-core GPU, 128GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD.macOS Ventura or later is required to edit Cinematic mode video captured on devices with iOS 16 or later. macOS Monterey or later is required to edit Cinematic mode video on devices with iOS 15.

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