Tech Advisor - UK (2021-05)

MAY 2021 • TECH ADVISOR 29

CinebenchR20(single-core)
13inMacBookPro8-coreM1(2020): 407
13inMacBookPro2GHzquad-coreCore
i5 (2020): 437
13inMacBookPro1.4GHzquad-core
Corei5 (2019): 399
16inMacBookPro2.4GHz8-coreCorei9
(2019): 455

CinebenchR20(multi-core)
13inMacBookPro8-coreM1(2020):
2,097
13inMacBookPro2GHzquad-coreCore
i5 (2020):1,946
13inMacBookPro1.4GHzquad-core
Corei5 (2019):41,601

16in MacBook Pro

2.4GHz 8-core Core

i9 (2019): 3,480

GRAPHICS

PERFORMANCE

A portion of the M1

SoC is dedicated

to an 8-core GPU,

which replaces the

integrated Intel

graphics in previous

machines. With

the £1,299 and

£1,499Intel-based

13inMacBook

Pros,thegraphics

performancewas

acceptableformosttasks,butyou

hadtolowerthegraphicssettings

in demandinggamesin ordertoget

acceptableframerates.Let’sseeif the

situationhasimproved.

Macgameswithnativecodefor

Applesiliconaren’tavailableyet(unless

youincludeiPhoneandiPads).But

wewerecurioustoseewhatkindof

performancewewouldgetwitha couple

ofMacgamesthatusecodewritten

forIntelprocessors.WeranRiseofthe

TombRaider and Civilization VI, and

came away impressed. With either low

or high quality settings, the MacBook

Pro (M1) drastically improves upon the

Apple apps such as iMovie are optimized for Apple silicon, and you’ll
notice a big difference in speed compared to the Intel versions.