8 PCWorld MARCH 2021NEWS INTEL BENCHMARKS SAY APPLE’S M1 ISN’T FASTER
- The MacBook Pro wouldn’t pass muster
to be certified as an Evo laptop. - The M1 just won’t run a lot of software.
- The new MacBooks have a range of
compatibility issues, from multiple monitors
to game controllers, as well as many
documented software plug-in problems.
In the parlance of our time, it’s “shots
fired” yet again, with Intel highlighting
problems in competing products. In
November, Intel did the same with AMD’s
Ryzen 4000, which it found to suffer
degraded performance when running on
the battery in many situations (go.pcworld.
com/rnbt).
The normal reaction from outside
observers and die-hard Apple fanboys is to
dismiss these challenges as sour grapes. Intel,
however, says it has benchmark receipts.
Since we enjoy a good reality TV fight, we’ll
detail Intel’s claims and tell you whether to
believe them or not.CLAIM: MACBOOK M1 IS
SLOWER THAN CORE i
Intel says in the WebXPRT 3 test, using the
same version of Chrome for both the Core i
system as well as the Arm-native MacBook,
Intel takes the lead. The Intel chip was largely
ahead in WebXPRT 3, and the x86 chip was
nearly three times faster in finishing the photo
enhancement test.
Intel doesn’t just use WebXPRT 3, though.
It also shows the Core i7 pummeling the M 1