Intel does better than Apple silicon, but not for long

Last week, Intel revealed with great fanfare its new twelfth generation Alder Lake processors, aimed at desktop computers. There we find in particular the high-end Core i9-12900K, composed of sixteen cores, eight of which are high performance. The comparison is therefore in order with Apple's latest releases, the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, because although these are only integrated into the 14-inch MacBook Pro and the 16-inch MacBook Pro currently,the iMac would soon be entitled to it too.

And in fact, a first benchmark of the Santa Clara component has just appeared on the Geeekbench 5 app. We see that the multi-core score reaches (brace yourself 😏) up to 26,065 points on an Asus PC, which is simply almost 2.5 times better than at Appleaccording to the latest measurements. Which therefore confirms thefirst estimates ofSeeking Alpha, a specialized blog.

The future could prove Apple right

According to the newspaperThe InformationHowever, Cupertino's roadmap would already be ready to top these scores by 2023. It is in fact during this period that Macs and iPhones equipped with parts engraved with a precision of three nanometers should see the light of day . For the moment, however, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is experiencing some delays due to a production circuit slowed down - among other things - by the geopolitical context in the China Sea.

The code name of the next Apple SoCs would already be known: it would be “Lobos“, “Ibiza” et “Palma“. Some could have up to forty CPUs on the same motherboard, which would simply be a record for Tim Cook's teams. Of course, these data remain rumors and it is important to consider them with a minimum of caution to avoid any unpleasant surprises on arrival: you never know.

At what price?

In any case, as Intel explains if we look at the official technical data provided by the manufacturer, its Alder Lake CPUs require 125 to 241 watts of power whereas recent Apple devices are much more energy efficient. And for good reason: they are laptops, which must therefore maintain their autonomy so as not to lose their main interest. We can bet that this advantage will be retained for the next desktop Macs on the way!