JUNE 2020 PCWorld 9and single-core performance using various
synthetic loops, which developer Primate
Labs has modeled on real application use.
In Geekbench 5’s single-core performance
test, the MacBook Pro 13’s Core i5-1068NG
pulls out the win. That’s no surprise, because
Intel’s most advanced 10th-gen chip has many
under-the-hood enhancements which
Geekbench also takes advantage of. The
Intel-powered Mac, in other words, has a
decent edge here and gets to the next
stoplight first. In real life, this might translate
into a small edge for the Intel-based Mac in
photo editing, browsing, or other optimized
code that uses a single CPU core.
Geekbench 5 also measures multi-core
performance. The Acer Swift 3’s 8 cores (even
if they don’t have SMT turned on) easily outrun
the MacBook Pro 13’s 4 cores. This likely
means the MacBook Pro 13 will be eating the
Acer Swift 3’s dust in video encoding, 3D
modelling, or just about anything that relies on
multi-core performance.
The last performance test we have at this
time is GeekBench 5’s OpenCL, where it uses
the chip’s integrated graphics to perform
several computing tasks. For the MacBook Pro
13 it’s Iris Plus, and for the Swift 3 it’s Radeon.
The Acer Swift 3 wins by a mile. That
surprises us, because we’ve seen the CoreThe Acer Swift 3 costs just $650 but gives you an 8-core Ryzen 7 CPU and Radeon graphics