FEBRUARY 2021 PCWorld 47A
pple’s new M1 processor took
the laptop world by storm, with
many proclaiming it had ended
the PC’s whole career (go.
pcworld.com/enpc).Hyperbole and irrational fanboy flexing
aside, Apple’s M1 is indeed a powerful chip.
But to get a better feel against its
contemporaries we sat down and retested a
pile of current Windows 10 laptops to get anIMAGE: IDGReviews & Ratings
TESTED IN PCWORLD LABS
WE PUT HARDWARE & SOFTWARE
THROUGH RIGOROUS TESTINGTested: How Apple’s M1 chip
performs against Intel 11th-gen
and AMD Ryzen 4000
We put the PC’s best laptops against MacBook Pro M1 to see if Apple’s new ARM chip
really is all that. BY GORDON MAH UNG