A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record – beats desktop i9 and Ryzen 9
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- Apple's A20 Pro sets a new Geekbench 7 single-core record with 4,006 points, beating desktop Intel Core i9 and AMD Ryzen 9 by up to 32%.
- The chip is built on TSMC's first 2nm (N2) process, enabling a massive 23.3% single-thread and 27.1% multi-thread improvement over the A19 Pro.
- A20 Pro outperforms rival smartphone SoCs like Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen5 by 31.5% and nearly doubles Google's Tensor G5 performance.
- Despite having only six cores, the A20 Pro's desktop-class cores running at up to 4.93 GHz deliver multi-thread performance comparable to laptop CPUs.
- The chip is also faster than Apple's own M5 in single-thread performance by 7.1%, showcasing the potential for future M-series Mac chips.