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These scores, while not mind-blowing when stacked against the rest of the mobile workstation market, have shown that you can get near-desktop Mac performance on a portable Mac laptop, with the вЂЊM1вЂЊ Max outperforming every current Mac device other than the Mac ProВ and iMac ProВ models that are equipped with Intel's high-end 16 to 24-core Xeon chips.ДЄdditional variety to the CPU/GPU market is always welcome too, given the near-monopoly that previously existed.

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Ugly camera notch aside, both of the latest MacBook Pro devices equipped with the M1 Max feel like the first Apple laptop to really appeal to its intended market for some time. Regardless of our feelings on the performance jump, Apple has proved itself to be a formidable rival to its competitors, despite Intel and AMD having decades of developmental experience. It also reported that the CPU is running a base clock of 24MHz, but Geekbench's John PooleВ has since mentioned to MacRumors that this is likely attributed to Geekbench itself not correctly identifying the clock speed of the new M1 Max, rather than there being an issue with the processor. Thankfully, there are other things that could also be impacting performance numbers, such as the benchmarks being run on a pre-release version of macOS Monterey. IвЂ™m also excited to see what IntelвЂ™s new Haswell micro-architecture will bring to the Mac, both in terms of higher performance and lower power use.Let's not get things twisted вЂ“ it isn't that the scores are unimpressive, as they sit very comfortably at the top-tier of portable workstation benchmarks, but the margins are pretty slim and the price of the new MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch can quickly feel ridiculous, with the most affordable M1 Max (32 core) 14-inch MacBook starting at $3,099 / ВЈ2,999 / AU$4,649.

IвЂ™m hoping that the Mac Pro rumors are true, and that weвЂ™ll see new Mac Pros sometime next year.

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While 2012 has been a good year for Mac performance, IвЂ™m excited to see what Apple has in store for 2013. ItвЂ™s now possible to buy a Mac that scores over 10,000 in Geekbench, uses less than 11W of power when idle.

Both the mid- and high-end Mac minis are surprisingly fast for such small computers.

Only the 15-inch MacBook Pros, with their quad-core processors, are significantly faster than the MacBook Air. Now, while the low-end 11-inch MacBook Air is still the slowest Mac available, the high-end 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Airs are competitive with the rest of AppleвЂ™s portable lineup.

When the MacBook Air was introduced in 2008, many were concerned whether it was fast enough to get вЂњreal workвЂќ done.

You no longer need a large Mac (or, for that matter, a desktop Mac) to have a fast Mac.

ThereвЂ™s only a minor performance difference between the quad-core Core i7 desktops and the quad-core Core i7 laptops.

Both the 4-core and 8-core Mac Pros have been eclipsed by AppleвЂ™s latest 4-core laptops and desktops. However, the Mac Pro processor architecture is starting to show its age.

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Even though the Mac Pro hasnвЂ™t had a significant update in over two years, the 6- and 12-core Mac Pros are still the fastest Macs available.Mac Performance (2012 Models)ДЄ few things from the chart stood out at me: Curious how your Mac compares (especially if youвЂ™re wondering if itвЂ™s time to upgrade)? Download Geekbench and find out how your Mac measures up to the Macs on this chart. Not familiar with Geekbench? ItвЂ™s a cross-platform benchmark that measures processor and memory performance. IвЂ™ve collected Geekbench results from the Mac Benchmark chart for all of the Macs that are currently available from Apple. Now that 2012 is almost over I thought it would be interesting to look at all of the Macs released this year and see how they perform compared to one another.

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