Just last year Apple announced it is moving away from Intel chipsets for Mac devices and will eventually use its own Apple silicon, which later became the Apple M1 with tech processing 5nm. However, Intel has now shared criteria that, as the PC World report says, in an effort to prove that the company’s latest 11th-generation Core processors are better than the chip M1 specially designed by Apple. The report has described these criteria as ‘carefully designed’ for a number of reasons.
As per Intel, exporting a PowerPoint presentation as a PDF is 2.3x faster on a Windows laptop running an 11th-Gen Core i7 processor and 16GB of RAM compared to the same export process that takes more time in a MacBook 13-inch Pro with Apple M1 chip and 16GB of RAM.
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Intel also mentioned that Gigapixel AI made Topaz Lab’s AI-based image enhancement software 6x faster on its Core i7 processor compared to M1 MacBook Pro. According to PC World, this result is easy to understand as Topaz Lab apps are designed to take advantage of hardware acceleration within Intel processors. However, In terms of match performance, the results were mixed.
Intel says that Mac is not particularly suitable for gaming due to the lack of support for countless games like Gear Tactics, Hitman 2 and others.
The company also conducted a real-world battery life test, only to find that both the MacBook Air M1 processor and the Acer Swift 5 with the 11th-Gen Core i7 processor achieved almost the same life 10-hour battery when streaming Netflix with additional tabs open. Both laptops were set to 250 nits of display brightness, with a MacBook Air running the native Safari browser and an Acer Swift 5 running Chrome.
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It’s worth mentioning that Intel moved in its slideshows from MacBook Pro for the performance indicators to MacBook Air when it comes to battery life testing, which shouldn’t be the case unless you want to one of the results looks good or bad. PC World adds that the SKU chipset maker used a different Core i7 processor for each of these tests, which should not happen again.
One of Apple’s columnists, Jason Snell, said the Intel M1 standards were friendly
inconsistent test platforms, mobile arguments and omitted data. It’s worth noting that Apple is rumored to have its new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, a redesigned iMac and other devices with the next generation of Apple Silicon, later this year.