Category: Benchmarks & Performance
Battle: A19 Pro vs. A19 Pro CPU benchmarks (Air versus 17 Pro Max)
TL;DR: Our thermal testing of the A19 Pro-powered iPhone Air (titanium) and iPhone 17 Pro Max (aluminum/vapor chamber) for CPU speed only, reveals that despite...
A19 Pro in the new iPhone Air: Apple’s Latest Chip Handles Heat Better Than Ever
A19 Pro Performance: How Apple’s Latest Chip Handles Heat Better Than Ever ? Reading time: 6-10 minutes Table of Contents The Evolution of Apple Silicon...
A19 Pro Benchmarks & the Future of Apple’s AI hardware – Part 3
In Part 1 we looked at how Apple standardized features across the iPhone 17 lineup, and in Part 2 we dug into the A19’s raw...
Part 2: Inside the A19 and A19 Pro SoCs – Now with “Tensor” cores
In Part 1, we covered the sweeping hardware upgrades of the iPhone 17 lineup and how Apple has standardized so many premium features across the...
Apple SoC M4 Base – Deep Dive
With the M4 chip, Apple continues its track record of delivering significant performance and efficiency gains. First launched in the redesigned iPad Pro in May...
Apple M5 SoIC: Leaks, Rumors, and Analyst Predictions for the Next Generation of Apple Silicon
TL;DR – Apple’s upcoming M5 SoC, built on TSMC’s enhanced N3P 3nm node and advanced SoIC packaging for high-end variants, should see significant gains in...
Apple GPUs – Performance by Generations
Apple’s transition to custom M-series chips has brought significant improvements in integrated GPU performance. This blog post compares GPU performance across Apple Silicon generations—from the...
Apple SoC Energy Efficiency Overview
Performance scores above are our Normalized Combined Geekbench Scores that combine scores for single + multicore CPU and a normalized GPU Metal metrics into an...
For AI Nerds: Apple Silicon Hack Unlocks AMD eGPU for Local LLM Compute
Apple Silicon eGPU “support” isn’t what most people expect—it’s a clever community hack that wires an AMD card into your Mac via USB, not a...
Windows PC Power User tries M4 Max for 6 months
For a Windows power user, the machine sitting under their desk or on their lap is often a carefully spec’d beast, built for demanding tasks...
Data Playground – Apple Silicon Performance over Years
We have a lot of data that we’ve compiled and we wanted to play with some of the data so we made some (mostly) useless...
Why the M2 Pro & M2 Max Are Still Excellent Used Macs in 2025
With Apple’s M4 family officially on the scene, prices for older M2 Pro and M2 Max machines have dipped—yet their real-world performance still holds strong....