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The first benchmarks are in for Apple's ARM64 macOS development kit
By Rich Woods @@TheRichWoods · Jun 29, 2020
By Rich Woods @@TheRichWoods · Jun 29, 2020
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Just a week ago, Apple confirmed its plan to transition its Mac lineup to its own custom ARM64 processors. The company also started seeding a Developer Transition Kit, packing an A12Z chipset, 16GB RAM, and a 512GB SSD into a Mac mini chassis. Now, the first benchmarks are in.
In the Geekbench 5 test, the dev kit seems to score ~835 on single-core and ~2,800 on multi-core. Here's the full list.
This is something that's fun to look at, since it's new and exciting, but to be clear, these scores don't mean anything. Any actual Mac using the company's ARM64 processors likely won't be using an A12Z chipset, which is the one found in current iPad Pro tablets. And of course, this is very pre-production.
Compared to the iPad Pro, it doesn't do too well. This is no surprise, given that Geekbench 5 is running in emulation on the Mac and natively on the iPad. The latest iPad Pro gets about 1,120 on single-core and about 4,650 on multi-core.
We can also compare this to an entry-level MacBook Air with an Intel Core i3-1000NG4. That unit got 1,083 on single-core and 2,246 on multi-core. Of course, the Core i3 is dual-core, which is why the multi-core score comes out so low. The Core i5 model, which is quad-core, got 1,152 and 3,841 on single-core and multi-core, respectively.
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Just a week ago, Apple confirmed its plan to transition its Mac lineup to its own custom ARM64 processors. The company also started seeding a Developer Transition Kit, packing an A12Z chipset, 16GB RAM, and a 512GB SSD into a Mac mini chassis. Now, the first benchmarks are in.
In the Geekbench 5 test, the dev kit seems to score ~835 on single-core and ~2,800 on multi-core. Here's the full list.
This is something that's fun to look at, since it's new and exciting, but to be clear, these scores don't mean anything. Any actual Mac using the company's ARM64 processors likely won't be using an A12Z chipset, which is the one found in current iPad Pro tablets. And of course, this is very pre-production.
Compared to the iPad Pro, it doesn't do too well. This is no surprise, given that Geekbench 5 is running in emulation on the Mac and natively on the iPad. The latest iPad Pro gets about 1,120 on single-core and about 4,650 on multi-core.
We can also compare this to an entry-level MacBook Air with an Intel Core i3-1000NG4. That unit got 1,083 on single-core and 2,246 on multi-core. Of course, the Core i3 is dual-core, which is why the multi-core score comes out so low. The Core i5 model, which is quad-core, got 1,152 and 3,841 on single-core and multi-core, respectively.
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