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iPhone X beats Macbook Pro in benchmarks

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By Victor Hristov

Updated: Sep 13, 2017, 8:24 AM

iPhone X beats Macbook Pro in benchmarks

The Apple iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus all come with a brand new system chip: the Apple A11 Bionic, and Apple was not shy about saying that it is the best chip ever put on a smartphone.

What it did not mention is that it might actually beat an Intel Core i series chip on the MacBook Pro in benchmarks as well.

The new iPhone X with the A11 has popped up on popular cross-platform benchmark app GeekBench and its score is actually higher than that of a 2017 MacBook Air and a 2017 Core i5 MacBook Pro. It's also higher than that of the 10.5-inch iPad Pro.

It truly is a beast of a chip.

Here are the actual scores of all three devices:

iPad Pro 10.5-inch: 3558 single, 9133 multi
MacBook Air (2017): 3126 single, 5935 multi
MacBook Pro 13-inch (2017 Core i5): 4342 single, 9194 multi
iPhone X: 4061 single, 9959 multi

As you can see, the single-core performance of the iPhone X is still below that of the MacBook Pro (and that's arguably the more important parameter), but the multi-core result is indeed higher.

The Apple A11 system chip has 4.3 billion transistors, includes a brand new Neural Engine that will be used for Portrait Lighting and other computational photography effects, and it rocks a brand new Apple-designed GPU that delivers up to 30% better performance than the A10.

source: @KidPool

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Victor, a seasoned mobile technology expert, has spent over a decade at PhoneArena, exploring the depths of mobile photography and reviewing hundreds of smartphones across Android and iOS ecosystems. His passion for technology, coupled with his extensive knowledge of smartphone cameras and battery life, has positioned him as a leading voice in the mobile tech industry.

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