Benchmarks for the new MacBook Neo surfaced today, and unsurprisingly, CPU performance is almost identical to the iPhone 16 Pro. The MacBook Neo uses the same 6-core A18 Pro chip that was first introduced in the iPhone 16 Pro, but it has one fewer GPU core.
The MacBook Neo earned a single-core score of 3461 and a multi-core score of 8668, along with a Metal score of 31286.
Here's how the Neo's scores compare to iPhone 16 Pro and other devices that make apt comparisons:
iPhone 16 Pro - 3445 single-core, 8624 multi-core, 32575 Metal
- 3445 single-core, 8624 multi-core, 32575 Metal M1 MacBook Air - 2346 single-core, 8342 multi-core, 33148 Metal
- 2346 single-core, 8342 multi-core, 33148 Metal M4 MacBook Air - 3696 single-core, 14730 multi-core, 54630 Metal
- 3696 single-core, 14730 multi-core, 54630 Metal M3 iPad Air - 3048 single-core, 11678 multi-core, 44395 Metal
- 3048 single-core, 11678 multi-core, 44395 Metal iPad 11 - 2587 single-core, 6036 multi-core, 19395 Metal
Since the MacBook Neo has one fewer GPU core than the iPhone 16 Pro, it makes sense to see a slightly lower Metal score.
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