Adobe Photoshop

A Photoshop workstation should be powerful and responsive, allowing your creative process to flow seamlessly without slowdowns. Our high-performance photo editing systems are engineered to keep up with demanding workflows, ensuring smooth multitasking and rapid processing. Whether you're working with high-resolution images, complex layers, or AI-powered tools, our workstations provide the speed and reliability you need. With the right hardware, you can focus on bringing your creative vision to life without interruptions.

Adobe Photoshop Workstation

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Designed for the single-threaded nature of Photoshop, this compact tower workstation is built around the latest AMD Ryzen CPUs for maximum performance. Unlike higher-core Intel Xeon or AMD Threadripper processors, Ryzen delivers faster speeds in Photoshop without unnecessary overhead.

Despite its small footprint, this system supports up to 192GB of RAM, NVIDIA GPUs, and multiple storage options—ensuring smooth performance even when working with large, high-resolution images.
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Adobe Photoshop Pro Workstation

$3,993.00
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Built for creatives who use Photoshop alongside other content creation tools, this “Photoshop Plus” workstation offers enhanced flexibility. It features the same high-performance AMD Ryzen CPU as our compact Photoshop system but adds room for a larger GPU, more expansion options, and a wider range of storage configurations.

Still optimized for Photoshop’s single-threaded nature, this system provides the power and versatility needed for a mixed creative workflow. If you're unsure which hardware best suits your needs, check out our Recommended Hardware section or reach out to our expert consultants!
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Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard for photo editing, digital art, and graphic design, offering powerful tools for professionals and creatives. Whether you're working with high-resolution images, complex compositions, or AI-powered features, a high-performance workstation is essential for smooth operation and efficiency. Our custom Workstation PCs are built to handle Photoshop’s most demanding tasks, with fast multi-core processors, high-speed RAM, and powerful GPUs to accelerate rendering and effects. With a workstation optimized for Photoshop, you can edit, retouch, and create without slowdowns, ensuring a seamless workflow for your creative projects.

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Workstation Hardware Guide

Adobe Photoshop Workstation Guide: Performance & Recommendations

Create at the speed of imagination. Optimized Photoshop Workstations: System Requirements & Performance Benchmarks

Like most software developers, Adobe provides a list of system requirements for Photoshop to help ensure hardware compatibility. However, these lists often cover only the bare minimum needed to run the software—not the ideal specs for top-tier performance. In some cases, they may also be outdated or feature suboptimal hardware recommendations.

At Workstation PC, we take a data-driven approach, running extensive Photoshop hardware benchmarks to ensure our systems are perfectly optimized for creative professionals. Instead of guessing, you can explore our in-depth testing and see exactly which components deliver the best performance for your workflow.

Choosing the Right Hardware for Photoshop

Processor (CPU)

The CPU is the backbone of any Photoshop workstation. While GPU acceleration is growing, your choice of processor remains the most significant factor in overall performance. However, more expensive or higher-core-count CPUs aren’t always better—Photoshop primarily benefits from high clock speeds and optimized core usage, rather than sheer core count.

What’s the Best CPU for Photoshop?

Currently, AMD’s Ryzen 7 9700X is the top performer, leading both the Ryzen 9000 series and Intel Core Ultra processors in our Photoshop benchmarks. Even CPUs with higher core counts from the same generation don’t outperform it. If you prefer Intel, the Core Ultra 9 285K is the best alternative, but it’s about 15% slower than the Ryzen 7 9700X while being more expensive.

Does Photoshop Benefit from More Cores?

Adobe has made improvements in multi-core utilization, but beyond 8 cores, additional cores provide only marginal benefits. CPU architecture and clock speed are far more important for performance.

Intel vs. AMD: Which Performs Better in Photoshop?

Right now, AMD holds a slight lead over Intel, but this can shift as new CPUs are released.

Does Photoshop Run Well on Dual Xeon or EPYC Workstations?

No. Since Photoshop doesn’t fully utilize high-core-count CPUs, dual-processor setups actually perform worse. These workstation-class CPUs tend to have lower clock speeds and additional overhead from multiple physical processors, leading to diminished performance.

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