

In addition to raw processing performance, Parallels Desktop 14 also advertises improved VM management for tasks such as booting, suspending, and resuming virtual machines. Users running Parallels Desktop 14 on one of these Macs will see performance improvements up to 2x in areas such as audio encoding, emulation, and AI processing.
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Parallels cites varying levels of performance improvements across the board, but has specifically worked to implement the AVX512 instruction set that is now available in the processor powering the iMac Pro and rumored to be included in the upcoming revamped Mac Pro. Depending on the specific guest operating system, its age, and the software installed within it, Parallels claims that the new Storage Optimization features can save up to 20GB of space in a single virtual machine. For example, in a process similar to disk defragmentation, Parallels 14 takes into account the different file allocation methods between Windows and macOS and can automatically rearrange data to maximize storage efficiency for the two operating systems.īeyond that, a new Disk Space management interface gives users an overview of their existing VMs and offers to automatically reclaim space by deleting old snapshots, temp files, and caches. Parallels Desktop 14 touts improved storage optimization for your virtual machines, allowing users to both save disk space as well as easily manage the space allocated to existing VMs.

Beyond simply enabling support for these applications, we’ll test if these new GPU improvements offer a performance benefit to existing applications and games in our forthcoming benchmarks.
