Performance Benchmarks
Benchmarked on Apple Silicon: ~10–15% CPU while recording and flat memory across long sessions.
Performance should feel invisible until you need it. We measure, iterate, and deliver an experience whose steady-state behavior matches how people actually use the app.
10–15%
During continuous recording on Apple Silicon. Normal OS jitter included.
65–80 MB
Flat across long sessions. No gradual growth over time.
Stable
No extra threads spawned over time. Predictable, bounded resource usage.
Minimal
Designed so you never notice it running. Record all day without compromise.
ClipMac is designed for the way people actually record: always on, ready when you need it. During continuous recording, CPU use stays in a narrow band around 10–15% and memory holds flat at ~65–80 MB.
That's the profile you want from something running in the background all day: predictable, bounded, and easy on your Mac. No creeping resource growth, no surprises.
Values from Apple Silicon benchmark session. Actual numbers vary by workload and display configuration.
A screen recorder that's always on has no business consuming more and more RAM the longer you play. In our benchmarks, ClipMac's memory stays flat across full recording sessions. No gradual drift upward.
Flat memory during long recording is one of the strongest signals that the product delivers on its promise: always-on replay without turning your Mac into a space heater.
Flat memory across full recording sessions
Memory stays level. No growth over time.
We optimize for the common case: continuous capture, instant replay, and clip export on modern Macs. If you run at very high resolutions, stack on heavy post-processing, or drive multiple displays at once, numbers will move.
The goal of publishing these figures isn't to claim a single magic number for every machine. It's to show that we measure, we iterate, and we deliver an experience whose behavior matches how people actually use the app.
Common questions about ClipMac's resource usage
ClipMac is built to run all day without breaking a sweat. Download it free and see for yourself.
