![]() ![]() We’re not comparing apples to oranges any longer. We often told you that the speed test alone doesn’t tell the whole story, but that the test did support the idea that Apple might be close to releasing its own processors for laptops and desktops.Īnother comparison point: this M1 chip in the MacBook Air is within spitting distance of the entry-level Mac Pro /VxVCoIwhkR It used to be iPhone and iPad chips that would beat MacBooks in Geekbench testing. It’s not unusual to see Apple’s chips outperform Intel’s in these tests. The 16-inch MacBook pro reaches 11 in the same tests. According to it, the M1 scores 16 in single-core and multi-core tests, respectively. Now that the Apple M1 is official, the new MacBook Air benchmark test was discovered (above). Geekbench 5 benchmark comparison between 16-inch Intel MacBook Pro (left) and 13-inch M1 MacBook Air (right) Image source: Geekbench The listing wasn’t easy to find, and the chip was listed as A14X instead of Apple M1. But there was nothing official about that leak. A few days before Apple’s MacBook event, a leak said that the Apple chip for Macs would be significantly faster than the top Intel Core i9 chip that powers the 16-inch 2019 MacBook Air. Steve Troughton-Smith November 12, 2020īenchmark tests on GeekBench 5 confirmed what we had already suspected. If true, that CPU would get you into the top few pages of Geekbench 5 single core results - in a fanless chassis - and it nearly doubles the A14's multicore results And the Air has a slightly inferior GPU performance than the M1 Pro. The Air lacks active cooling, which means its peak performance might be throttled earlier than on the Pro, which has a fan to dissipate the extra heat and maintain performance. There are only a few differences between the two, and only a couple of them concern performance. I already explained that the M1 Air is practically an M1 MacBook Pro. The M1-powered MacBook Air is more powerful than the best version of the 16-inch MacBook Pro.ĭon't Miss : This weekend’s top tech deals: $199 AirPods Pro 2, Bose sale, $269 iPad, $35 Blink Video Doorbell, more And there’s now an official benchmark to prove it. The company mentioned quite a few times on stage the tremendous speed gains of the M1 compared with the leading Intel-based PCs and the improved power efficiency. ![]() That’s because Apple wasn’t constricted by size and power considerations when developing chips for laptops. It’s still a 5nm chip, but the M1 features more cores and higher performance than the A14. The M1 is a variation of the A14 Bionic inside the iPhone 12. The brand new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini will all offer the same performance, as they all use the same M1 chip.Īpple on Tuesday unveiled the Apple M1 processor that will power three new Macs this year, including the brand new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.The Geekbench 5 test confirms a previous leak that revealed the performance Apple silicon will offer compared to Intel processors.The Apple M1-powered MacBook Air scores better in benchmarks than the best Intel-based 16-inch MacBook Pro available from Apple. ![]()
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