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Mike Boreham

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2016 MacBook M5 running 10.12, Windows 10 (1703.15063) in Bootcamp and Parallels:

Geekbench 4:

macOS.........6288
Bootcamp.....6127
Parallels.......5449

Cinebench Open GL fps:

macOS.........24.2
Bootcamp.....37.9
Parallels.......23.5

Cinebench CPU:

macOS.........236
Bootcamp.....262
Parallels.......229

The number shown is the best of three, but there was actually little scatter. The logic for using best of three rather than average, is that there are lots of things happening on a computer which could cause a benchmark to give a low number, but none that could cause a high number. So the highest is likely to be the one with least interference.

It is surprising that Bootcamp scores better than macOS in Cinebench.

Some will be surprised how close to the other two Parallels is.

I know benchmarks are not real life, but I find them interesting!
 
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