PC World - USA (2021-02)

FEBRUARY 2021 PCWorld 51

single-threaded performance as well. For the
x86 side, where Ryzen previously beat Core,
it’s now flipped as we see Intel’s new 11th-gen
Core i7-1185G7 leading the way. The Apple
MacBook Pro M1? It’s really not bad again
when you consider that Apple is paying a
hefty translation penalty. Some believe it to be
as high as 30 percent, which coincidentally is
matches the fee Apple takes from App Store
purchases, sparking its war with Epic. We
don’t know if the two are related, but we’d
guess the M1 picks up a lot more mileage
with native code.

CINEBENCH R23
PERFORMANCE
Maxon released a new version of Cinebench
R23 with native M1 support, but there are
some other key changes which should be
mentioned as well. With Cinebench R20, the
benchmark would run render a single scene
and produce a score based on its completion.
With Cinebench R23, the render scene is the
same, but Maxon has interestingly changed it
to render the same scene over and over for 10
minutes. The benchmark will even run
beyond 10 minutes if the scene is still
rendering when the timer hits zero.
On a six-core Intel H-class chip,
Cinebench R15 takes 34 seconds to complete
while Cinebench R20 takes about 108
seconds. With Cinebench R23 it now takes a
minimum of 600 seconds to run under the
new method. On a desktop or workstation

with far more cooling it’s not an issue, but on

laptops an all-core test that runs for at least 10

minutes can be far harsher—especially on

CPUs that either make more heat, or laptops

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Asus Zephyrus G148-core Ryzen 4800HS (Default AC)

Lenovo Slim 78-core Ryzen 4800U (Default AC)

Lenovo Slim 78-core Ryzen 4800U (Performance AC)

Apple MacBook Pro 138-core M1 (Default AC)

MSI Prestige 144-core Core i7-1185G7 (Default AC)

MSI Prestige 144-core Core i7-1185G7 (Performance AC)

MSI Prestige 146-core Core i7-10710U (Default AC)

MSI Prestige 146-core Core i7-10710U (Performance AC)

Acer Predator Triton 5006-core Core i7-10750H (Default AC)

8,206

9,954

7, 7 7 8

9,612

5,991

5,795

5,565

4,010

7, 4 2 6

Cinebench R23 nT

Multi-threaded performance

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Asus Zephyrus G148-core Ryzen 4800HS (Default AC)

Lenovo Slim 78-core Ryzen 4800U (Default AC)

Lenovo Slim 78-core Ryzen 4800U (Performance AC)

Apple MacBook Pro 138-core M1 (Default AC)

MSI Prestige 144-core Core i7-1185G7 (Default AC)

MSI Prestige 144-core Core i7-1185G7 (Performance AC)

MSI Prestige 146-core Core i7-10710U (Default AC)

MSI Prestige 146-core Core i7-10710U (Performance AC)

Acer Predator Triton 5006-core Core i7-10750H (Default AC)

1,249

1,251

1, 513

1,24 4

1, 50 6

1, 529

1,161

1,0 92

1,205

Cinebench R23 nT

Single-threaded performance