The new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13″ and the new Mac mini feature Apple’s first in-house M1 processor. A benchmark has now been published showing that the M1 outperforms the high-end version of the MacBook Pro 16″.
The M1 chip is the first in-house Mac processor and is said to be designed for low-power systems while offering as much performance as possible. Now a benchmark has been provided that reveals the true performance. The M1 chip, which belongs to a MacBook Air with 8 GB RAM, has a single-core score of 1687 and a multi-core score of 7433. According to the benchmark, the M1 has a base frequency of 3.2 GHz. Compared to existing devices surpasses The M1 chip in the MacBook Air outperformed all iOS devices. As a reminder, the iPhone 12 Pro achieves a single-core score of 1584 while the multi-core score is 3898. Compared to Mac devices, the single-core performance is better than all other available Macs. But that's not all.
MacBook Pro 13″ is slightly faster in single-core
The multi-score value even surpasses the MacBook Pro 16″ in its high-end configuration. The model with the 10th generation Intel Core i9 processor (2.4 GHz) achieves a value of 1096 in the single-core test while the multi-score value is 6870. Although the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13″ have the same chip, there are minimal performance differences. After all, the Air model uses a fanless design while the Pro version has a new cooling system. According to the benchmark, the MacBook Pro 13″ achieves a single-core value of 1714 and a multi-core value of 6802. Accordingly, Apple's brand new M1 processor seems to be a real beast. Have you already discovered the early Black Friday offers on Amazon? It's worth being quick. (Image: Apple)
