In April, Apple unveiled the new iPad Pro powered by the same M1 chip found in the latest Macs. Now, early benchmarks indicate that not only is the M1 iPad Pro over 50% faster than the previous-generation iPad Pro, it also bests Apple’s flagship 16-inch MacBook Pro (Intel Core i9) which remains Intel-handicapped as it awaits its own upgrade to Apple Silicon.
Based on five legitimate Geekbench 5 results (here’s the fifth) for the fifth-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro with the M1 chip, the device has average single-core and multi-core scores of 1,718 and 7,284, respectively. By comparison, the fourth-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro with the A12Z chip has average single-core and multi-core scores of 1,121 and 4,656, respectively, meaning that the M1 iPad Pro is around 56% faster.
Geekbench 5: Average Multi-Core Results:
• M1 MacBook Air: 7,378
• M1 iPad Pro: 7,284
• Core i9 16″ MacBook Pro: 6,845
• A12Z iPad Pro: 4,656The benchmark results reveal that the M1 iPad Pro has virtually identical performance as the M1 Macs released last fall.
MacDailyNews Take: All day long, the fans on our 16-inch MacBook Pro (Intel Core i9) units wheeze “Intel-handicapped!”
I am waiting for the new MacBook Pro 16” . Why is Apple taking so long ?
A competitive GPU.
Waiting for the same and yes, Apple is taking way too long…
Apple may be taking way too long for you, but they are moving much faster than Wintel or Google.
Gratitude is the shortest lived of all human emotions…
I hope the new 16″ MacBook Pro will have a M2 (or whatever) and at least 32G of RAM otherwise I think I’m sticking with my 2019 Intel MacBookPro with 32G of RAM. I know the new Apple Silicone is awesome but honestly I LOVE my 2019 16″ MacBook Pro – this has been the greatest machine I’ve ever owned.
Apple now has basically the identical circuit board in all their new products, we can wonder why you can’t run proper MacOS on an iPad. Will that be the new hackintosh?
Also, how long until Microsoft comes out with their own ARM chip?
Microsoft doesn’t make chips. It has, for some years, made software that runs on ARM chips. If it decided to diversify into the chip business, it would have to overcome a 30+ year Apple head start, since the company has been working with the ARM architecture since before it helped form ARM Ltd. in 1990. Newtons ran on ARM processors. The Apple Silicon systems-on-a-chip are highly customized with Apple proprietary enhancements to the basic architecture.
Loss of Windows compatibility is devastating!!