Macworld - USA (2022-01)

62 MACWORLD JANUARY 2022

FEATURE REVIEW: i PHONE 13 MINI

number of GPU cores they’re equipped with:
The 13 and 13 mini have four, while the 13 Pro
and 13 Pro Max have five, and the latter are
the ones to go for if you want the absolute
best possible graphics performance.

BATTERY LIFE
One of our reservations about the
iPhone 12 mini was its relatively poor
battery performance. That’s not a

GFXBENCH METAL

M A N H AT TA N 3 .1

Frames per second

60

60

60

60

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

iPhone 13 Pro

iPhone 13 mini

iPhone 12 Pro

iPhone 12 mini

iPhone 11 Pro

Sony Xperia 1 III

59

60

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CAR CHASE

Frames per second

52

60

59

46

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

iPhone 13 Pro

iPhone 13 mini

iPhone 12 Pro

iPhone 12 mini

iPhone 11 Pro

Sony Xperia 1 III

51

48

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AZTEC RUINS (NORMAL)

Frames per second

59

60

60

58

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

iPhone 13 Pro

iPhone 13 mini

iPhone 12 Pro

iPhone 12 mini

iPhone 11 Pro

Sony Xperia 1 III

59

56

GFXBENCH METAL

AZTEC RUINS (HIGH)

Frames per second

42

52

57

38

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

iPhone 13 Pro

iPhone 13 mini

iPhone 12 Pro

iPhone 12 mini

iPhone 11 Pro

Sony Xperia 1 III

40

38

surprise, given the necessarily smaller

battery. I’d love to be able to say that

Apple has put such concerns to bed, but

unfortunately I don’t think that would be

completely true.

Apple said the new mini would last

around an hour and a half longer than its

predecessor. But in real-world use,

things didn’t seem massively different.

Just like last year, the mini generally