Apple A20 Pro Geekbench Result(browser.geekbench.com) |
Apple A20 Pro Geekbench Result(browser.geekbench.com) |
I know this is the standard since the Apple got on the ARM train, but for over a decade from 2008 to 2020 in the Intel world, there was very few significant gains like this. The best you got was like 10% and it wasn't even a yearly release cadance.
The A20 Pro has about the same GPU performance as an M1 Pro, according to the Metal GPU benchmark. Very impressive.
If it were largely clock speed, I worry we'll find that thermal throttling makes these numbers only generally available in the lab or very short bursts before the device gets too warm.
That said, very excited for what that means for the Neo laptops with more thermal headroom once they get a refresh, and if it happened to be this chip. Though I suppose that is unlikely, as they seem to be adopting a strategy of using past-gen chips for Neo.
About 15.7%.
> "If it were largely clock speed, I worry we'll find that thermal throttling makes these numbers only generally available in the lab"
Going from TSMC's 3nm N3P to 2nm N2 process reduces overall power consumption and thermal output by more than 15%. The reason they're able to boost the clock is because they have new headroom. It also increases the thermal density, which means the heat that's generated needs to be moved more quickly, which is probably why they also have new thermal management.
+22% faster single thread
+34% faster multi thread
+40% GPU
This is suppose to be the generation that Apple wants to fast forward because they want to put more resources into the M7 generation for local AI. There are no M6 Pro/Max/Ultra planned.
I find it impressive that these pocket computers are running at almost 5 GHz now.
It even surpasses the iPad Pro M3 on multi-core, so very capable indeed.
All iOS devices on Geekbench: https://browser.geekbench.com/ios-benchmarks
Also, a max frequency of 4.93Ghz according to Geekbench!
When the MacBook Neo was released this year, it used the latest A-series chip (although non Pro version.). So when it is refreshed I suspect it will again use the latest A-series chip, but the non Pro-version.
Is it going to be refreshed yearly or bi-yearly? We will find out I guess around March 2027.
It’s currently got an A18 Pro.
They don't only cover CPU and GPU but some OS components that can look very different on different platforms.
geekbench results cannot be compared across platforms.
What people willfully conflate this with often is that you shouldn’t compare FLOP numbers between GPU arches and instead rely on benchmarks.
also, i don't know much memory that chip has, but i guess the A20 Pro could also be viable for low-end macbooks air.
edit: nevermind, just 12gb. still a good candidate for a macbook neo.
Just dreaming.
just kidding, I know Apple knows better - UIs are meant to have lag :)