Comment by alwillis

7 hours ago

> This is Apple's "Nintendo moment" when they realize they can package old hardware and win on polish and ecosystem.

The A18 Pro isn't even two years old yet; it debuted in iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max September 2024. What's funny is none of the PC laptops manufactures can match the speed and quality of the Neo.

The benchmarks for the A18 Pro are impressive; its Single Thread Performance beats all mobile processors [1]; remember this processor was created for a phone:

        Apple A18 Pro              4,091

        Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz.  3,675

        Apple A15 Bionic           3,579

        AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme       3,546

        AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230        3,538

        Apple A14 Bionic           3,382

        Intel Core i5-1235U        3,090

        Apple A13 Bionic           2,354

        Intel N150                 1,902

        Intel N100                 1,893

        AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G  1,820

[1]: "A18 Pro Benchmark" - https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Apple+A18+Pro&id=62...

Outside of some specialized benchmarks only Geekbench 6 is more or less usable for comparisons between generations or manufacturers.