Apple Macs are moving away from Intel and to Apple Silicon. To understand what that means for Mac performance, it’s helpful to look back at past A-series chips and compare them to Intel CPUs.
Since the very first iPhone, Apple has been using ARM-based processors in its mobile devices. The company launched its first true A-series chip with the iPhone 4, which came equipped with the Apple A4 chip. Since then, Apple’s proprietary chips have been breaking ground and stretching the limits of what is possible from ARM-derived processors in a mobile package.
Now that we know future Mac devices are going to sport Apple Silicon too, it’s helpful to look back at how recent Apple A-series chips compare performance-wise to Macs with Intel processors in them. Here’s how the A10 through the A12Z stacks up against similarly performing Intel chips.
A10 and A10X Fusion Chipset
The A10 Fusion chipset was first released on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in September 2016. Despite its age, the A10 Fusion can still keep up with many current tasks thanks to its power.
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