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Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro

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1080 points antipaul | 5 comments | 12 Nov 20 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.224s | source
1. fouc ◴[12 Nov 20 03:34 UTC] No.25066111[source]▶
> Update: There's also a benchmark for the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1 chip and 16GB RAM that has a single-core score of 1714 and a multi-core score of 6802.

It doesn't make much sense for the Macbook Pro to have a lower score than the Macbook Air.

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2. JumpCrisscross ◴[12 Nov 20 03:36 UTC] No.25066132[source]▶
I noticed that too. But it’s one score for the Pro versus four for the Air.

Assuming it is sampling error?

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3. ◴[12 Nov 20 03:41 UTC] No.25066162[source]▶
4. brundolf ◴[12 Nov 20 05:24 UTC] No.25066744[source]▶
It's also possible that the fan comes into play more with a sustained load. I believe their clocks are the same, but I'm sure the Air has to start throttling at a certain point once it gets hot.
5. randmsie ◴[12 Nov 20 10:41 UTC] No.25068501[source]▶
Isnt the chip the exact sane in these devices? The air scores are probably going to tank massively when thenal throttling kicks in. There should be a decent performance gap between these machines then