Didn't last long, a reasonable looking M6 result has come in as well and it slightly edges out on the single core https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/354109 what a great design from Apple again.
I wonder if either (a) high frequency trading firms are going to start running their algorithms on iPhones, or (b) Geekbench doesn't accurately reflect the real world performance in some way.
Assuming Geekbench is a good reflection of real world performance (in e.g. games, video encoding, encryption, decompression, compilation, databases, etc), I'm curious to know what AMD and Intel are doing so wrong that a cellphone chip could outpace their desktop chips. I don't think the A20's lithography is vastly better, nor does the chip have more area. Where's the performance difference coming from?
I'd bet (c) the M* variants offer the same generation of CPU in devices like the Mac mini but with more cores, a higher power budget, and less restriction on the code you can run. The A20 Pro just hit Geekbench first, both the A20 Pro and the M6 start shipping this month.
>Indeed, Apple's A20 Pro is 7% faster than M5, 20% faster than M4, and 43% faster than M3 in single-thread performance. Its six-core design cannot match its multi-thread performance, trailing the 10-core M5 by 39% and the 10-core M4 by 27%. Yet, it is only 5% behind the eight-core M3.
I’m a Mac user but performance is good enough for most stuff and I’m several generations behind. I don’t neee worlds best performance in my desktop.
It would be super interesting if this was a Linux chip, where the performance is really needed for all sorts of back end applications. Even then its multi core is behind.
Didn't last long, a reasonable looking M6 result has come in as well and it slightly edges out on the single core https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/354109 what a great design from Apple again.
Side-by-side: https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/compare/354109?baseline...
It's going to be really funny when the next Mac is just two iPhones in a trench coat.
Let's call the M6 the 'A20P Max'
I wish Apple would become a CPU/GPU vendor.
I would love to see what amazing things that non-Apple people could build with Apple silicon.
Rack mounted Mac Studios!
and lose 30% of revenue and 40% of gross profit (services)?
I guarantee that Apple Computer + Apple Semi, as 2 different public companies, would have a larger combined market cap than Apple does now.
Mgmt is failing shareholders by not considering this seriously.
I wonder if either (a) high frequency trading firms are going to start running their algorithms on iPhones, or (b) Geekbench doesn't accurately reflect the real world performance in some way.
Assuming Geekbench is a good reflection of real world performance (in e.g. games, video encoding, encryption, decompression, compilation, databases, etc), I'm curious to know what AMD and Intel are doing so wrong that a cellphone chip could outpace their desktop chips. I don't think the A20's lithography is vastly better, nor does the chip have more area. Where's the performance difference coming from?
I'd bet (c) the M* variants offer the same generation of CPU in devices like the Mac mini but with more cores, a higher power budget, and less restriction on the code you can run. The A20 Pro just hit Geekbench first, both the A20 Pro and the M6 start shipping this month.
Edit: Looks like a believable M6 result appeared just this morning https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/354109 ~1.02x single thread & 1.99x multi thread vs the A20 Pro
>Indeed, Apple's A20 Pro is 7% faster than M5, 20% faster than M4, and 43% faster than M3 in single-thread performance. Its six-core design cannot match its multi-thread performance, trailing the 10-core M5 by 39% and the 10-core M4 by 27%. Yet, it is only 5% behind the eight-core M3.
Me with my M1 Max wondering where I went wrong, heh.
For how many milliseconds ?
Interesting but not earth shattering.
I’m a Mac user but performance is good enough for most stuff and I’m several generations behind. I don’t neee worlds best performance in my desktop.
It would be super interesting if this was a Linux chip, where the performance is really needed for all sorts of back end applications. Even then its multi core is behind.