The $179 Apple TV has as much computing power as full desktops that aren't that old. It's amazing. Seems inevitable that most of the Mac line will be switched relatively soon.
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A11 Bionic Chip in iPhone 8 and iPhone X on Par With 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Outperforms iPad Pro
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No. Geekbench scores aren't suitable for cross-architecture comparisons.
But Apple's CPU group is just amazing, and they'll have performance improvements generationally with the ARM64 ISA that will surpass what Intel will be able to accomplish with their legacy baggage-laden architecture at a given power consumption.
The A11 is a beast and I think it's safe to say it's performance is roughly equivalent to the Intel core M processor in the MacBook. Of course there are a lot of factors that comprise "performance", but I'd love to see how an A11 runs MacOS.
And no doubt Apples SoC design team could make one more appropriate for MacOS than the A11, which has been optimized for iOS on iPhone/iPad type HW.
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Can’t wait for next year’s A11X. If Apple and 3rd party developers keep pushing out great software, I’ll upgrade again. But it’s really going to come down to software. No point running software which is missing basic features on super fast hardware.
as we all remember? Face ID worked worked perfectly well. The first phone he picked up did not have Face ID activated but the second phone did
Nope there wouldn't be articles about it failing if we remembered what you remembered. Just Google Face ID fail.
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Anyone who argues against tech advancement because they don't see a need for those features is either an idiot or a troll and should shut the hell up about it. I would love to have the power on the a11 chip in the new note or s8+. VR is a killer app for me and needs all the power it can get. I want 4k on cell phones for it.
Doesn't matter as the workflows aren't even close to being similar. Maybe if you could run a desktop os with desktop applications then I'd be excited. Yet you can't. You can't code in an iPhone, can't really do video processing, can't do solid modeling, etc.....etc
I mostly agree, but did you forget that Microsoft announced full x86 emulation on the SD835?
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2...agon-835-mobile-pc-platform-unveiled-computex
I mostly agree with you but to be fair, the A9X is a couple of generations back, and even then the SPECINT results against the (admittedly low-end) core M CPU were not that far off.
Increasing FP performance is certainly doable, and with Intel's own issues with performance increases, with a decent power budget I like Apple in this race--assuming they're interested in getting rid of Intel for low and medium performance systems. I'm just not sure Apple is interested.
This has nothing to do with "trolls". I'm just sick of this "holier than thou" attitude that is found often among many apple users, as if apple could do no wrong. It's no different that what goes on with android users but what's frustrating is the apple users always pretend they're above that when they are actually no different.
Perhaps the specs are meaningless as others are saying, and this isn't truly a desktop class chip (and I know it wouldn't work in a true pro environment for video, design, etc.), but it would be pretty cool if your phone could plug in (or wireless in) to a monitor, keyboard, and . . . mouse . . . and run even a low level desktop class OS. Let's face it, there are still things that are better on a large screen and a real keyboard.
They aren’t meaningless, not by any means. The same suite of tests is run for geekbench regardless of whether it’s ARM or x86. You can argue that the tests and the software may be optimized for one platform or the other but that’s about it.
I absolutely guarantee you that if it was Exynos turning in these numbers most of the people here decrying them would be singing a very different tune.
People think that they like it, so everyone should like it...
Its personal.... and not always will get everyone's interest...
Microsoft has already built an x86 emulation layer on ARM. It would benefit Apple and Microsoft to port it to Apple's chip, assuming that Apple intends to use a A1x chip on a MacBook.
However, I'm not convinced that Geekbench is doing a good job of Apples to Apples comparison (don't mind the pun). That being said, a MacBook would be a good target for an Apple chip(s).
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So everytime u touch the screen on the phone think of samsung because they made your screen
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10 times worst/slower over doing it on a proper desktop or laptop. Nobody does any of that on an iPadPro outside of a hobby. Again, this is like thinking crayons are art supplies because you can make a silly drawing with it when you are 6.
10 times worst/slower over doing it on a proper desktop or laptop. Nobody does any of that on an iPadPro outside of a hobby. Again, this is like thinking crayons are art supplies because you can make a silly drawing with it when you are 6.
Maybe the next MBP will have a A12X Bionic in it to phase out the x86 chipset.
The savings will be passed to Apple / Apple shareholders. No way they lower the price of the MacBook.
Pointing out the context of a name is a fine thing to do when it is treated as if not in the company of worse offenders.
I do. I have 2 MacBooks but when I want to edit on my phone its nice to have a fast processor.
Its also good for the other things I mentioned. Controlling speakers and mixers, using the phone as
synth etc..sorry you don't know what you're talking about.
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Dude you love samsung you hate apple, we get it.
Just be happy with your stuff and move on.