Tech Advisor - UK (2021-05)

30 TECH ADVISOR • MAY 2021

REVIEWS

graphics speed of the other 13in laptops

in our testing.

Rise of the Tomb Raider

(1,280x800 medium)

13in MacBook Pro 8-core M1 (2020):

73fps

13in MacBook Pro 2GHz quad-core Core

i5 (2020): 28fps

13in MacBook Pro 1.4GHz quad-core

Core i5 (2019): 13fps

Rise of the Tomb Raider

(1,920x1,200 high)

13in MacBook Pro 8-core M1 (2020):

30fps

13in MacBook Pro 2GHz quad-core Core

i5 (2020): 16fps

13in MacBook Pro 1.4GHz quad-core

Core i5 (2019): 6fps

Civilization VI

13in MacBook Pro 8-core M1 (2020):

53fps

13in MacBook Pro 2GHz quad-core Core

i5 (2020): 28fps

13in MacBook Pro 1.4GHz quad-core

Core i5 (2019): 23fps

Civilization VI

13in MacBook Pro 8-core M1 (2020):

38fps

13in MacBook Pro 2GHz quad-core Core

i5 (2020): 15fps

13in MacBook Pro 1.4GHz quad-core

Core i5 (2019): 12fps

So what about native graphics

performance? Lacking any optimized

games, we used the Compute

benchmark in Geekbench 5. And with

either OpenCL or Metal, the MacBook

Pro (M1) provides the graphics boost that

users of lower-priced Macs have been

yearning for.

Geekbench 5

Compute (OpenCL)

13in MacBook Pro 8-core M1 (2020):

19,309

13in MacBook Pro 2GHz quad-core Core

i5 (2020): 8,829

13in MacBook Pro 1.4GHz quad-core

Core i5 (2019): 7,807

Geekbench 5

Compute (Metal)

13in MacBook Pro 8-core M1 (2020):

21,842

13in MacBook Pro 2GHz quad-core Core

i5 (2020):: 10,382

13in MacBook Pro 1.4GHz quad-core

Core i5 (2019): 7,251

IT ALSO FEELS

SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER

Of course, benchmarks aren’t the only

way to gauge performance. There’s also