Yesterday the first leak landmarks of the MacBook Pro M2, which suggests a performance improvement of almost 20% compared to the M1 chip. But there is another simple but damning detail that demonstrates the abysmal difference in efficiency between high-performance Intel chips and these new M2s: more powerful than a Mac Pro.
The end of the road for Intel at Apple is increasingly evident
In more concrete data, the M2 chip of the 13-inch MacBook Pro (that is, at full power thanks to the fans of this laptop) is more powerful than the entry-level Mac Pro with the Intel Xeon processor 8-core W. A laptop worth 1,619 dollars against a professional desktop computer worth 6,499 dollars.
The reference multicore on the MacBook Pro, it scores 8,929 points, while the entry-level Mac Pro scores 8,027 points in the same test. Granted, the Mac Pro can get a lot more powerful if we add the 28-core (20,029-point) Intel Xeon W processor, but that’s quite a milestone for a laptop chip to surpass the entry range of range of this desk. Demonstrates the evolutionary difference between the architectures and why Apple decided to make the switch.
Indeed, it has already been shown that if you want the most powerful Mac, you should no longer look at Mac Pro but at Mac Studio. Its M1 Ultra chip scores 23,366 on the same test multicore, standing above any other Mac. In other words, the Mac Pro must abandon Intel as soon as possible to maintain its prestige. Let’s see what this fall has in store for us.
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