This yr’s iPhone 16 Professional fashions may outperform an M1 chip, a brand new Geekbench consequence has steered.
The Geekbench rating, uploaded earlier this week, is tied to iPhone 17,1, which is the designation for this yr’s ‘Professional’ fashions with the A18 Professional chip.
Providing a Single-Core Rating of 3429 and a Multi-Core Rating of 8790, that marks a rise from final yr’s Professional telephones according to Apple’s personal keynote numbers from the Glowtime occasion.
Except for evaluating it to final yr’s iPhone, nevertheless, the A18 Professional seemingly stacks up favourably in comparison with the M1 that made its debut in Mac techniques with the arrival of Apple Silicon.
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Whereas the caveat of this being a benchmark and never real-world testing naturally applies, it is fascinating that the A18 Professional, present in a tool you’ll be able to carry in your pocket, is now beginning to compete with Apple’s laptop computer and desktop chips (albeit these from a couple of years in the past).
With M1 benchmarking round 8300 for multi-core efficiency, the A18 Professional is seemingly a hair extra spectacular, and whereas the comparability could appear to be apples to oranges to some, it exhibits simply how far Apple has are available in only a few years – not to mention the remainder of the trade which is preserving tempo or following intently behind.
In case you missed it, Apple’s Johny Srouji confirmed Apple’s newest iPhone fashions have 8GB of RAM, too – the identical as the bottom M1 chip.
