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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 | 1 comments | 12 Nov 20 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.261s | source
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terramex ◴[12 Nov 20 02:08 UTC] No.25065618[source]▶
Geekbench is designed to test CPU's in short bursts to not get them into thermal throttling (this is by design, it is supposed to be CPU test, not cooling test), so I would be wary of Air's results - at least until other benchmarks results are available. MacBook Pro's results on the other hand should be more representative as it has active cooling and can sustain heavy load for longer.
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minxomat ◴[12 Nov 20 02:14 UTC] No.25065649[source]▶
GB5 scores for the M1 Mini and M1 MBP are linked in TFA.
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1. altmind ◴[12 Nov 20 08:00 UTC] No.25067564[source]▶
GB5 scores are not comparable across different CPU arch. The scale is different.