AMD has unveiled its high-performance Radeon Pro 500 series graphics is now available for the updated 21.5- and 27-inch iMac, giving the desktop gaming and immersive VR capability.

The new GPU will now give acceleration across a range of creative applications on the Mac platform, for users who use Adobe Premier Pro, After Effects, Photoshop and the Foundry Nuke, Mari and Modo. Harnessing the 5.5 TFLOPS performance, the GPU turns the new Mac into an artists high resolution VR ready machine. The Radeon Pro 500 series makes use of the critically-acclaimed “Polaris” GPU architecture, giving the balance of performance and operating efficiency for the All-In-One.

“It is incredibly satisfying to see the capabilities of Radeon Pro 500 series in elegant form factors and enabling amazing content creation, gaming and VR experiences,” said Raja Koduri, senior vice president and chief architect, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD. “Radeon Pro 500 Series graphics are enabling new generations of makers with compute-accelerated creative tools and new APIs, bringing their imaginations to life in ways like never before.”

In addition to Radeon Pro 500 series, AMD also announced today that is closely collaborating with Maxon to bring Radeon ProRender photorealistic ray-tracing rendering technology over to Apple’s Metal API, integrating it into Cinema 4D for superior performance. In a first-ever demonstration of the technology at WWDC 2017 Radeon Pro graphics and Radeon ProRender on Metal combine to deliver super fast renders. They are expected to be integrated into Cinema 4D within the R19 release cycle.