How well does the new MacBook Neo handle gaming? Andrew Tsai tested 10 games to find out

From AAA games native to the Mac, to Windows games running through translation layers, to Switch emulated games, Andrew Tsai set out to find whether the MacBook Neo can actually run games well. Here’s how it did.

MacBook Neo once again performs better than expected

As soon as Apple announced the A18 Pro-powered MacBook Neo, with its 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU, and 8GB of unified memory, people naturally started asking: Will that be enough?

Of course, the answer was obvious from the start: Well, that depends. What do you plan on using it for?

That said, as reviews of the MacBook Neo rolled out yesterday, it quickly became clear that Apple’s low-cost computer could handle much more than many initially assumed when it came to productivity and general work tools.

Gaming, however, tends to be a very different story. And despite Apple’s best efforts to position the Mac as a gaming powerhouse, the truth is the gaming community never quite embraced it as vigorously as Apple hoped.

With that in mind, Andrew Tsai decided to run the following 10 games on a 512GB MacBook Neo, in addition to Switch emulation:

Cyberpunk 2077

Minecraft

World of Warcraft

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