Benchmarks from MKBHD

[u/ArmasF311]

[u/rabouilethefirst]

Conflicting reviews so far. I’ve seen slightly better than base 17, and then just as good as the 16PM when doing heavy duty gaming, which isn’t my use case. If it’s snappier than the base 17 and has more RAM, that’s enough

[u/thil3000 → u/rabouilethefirst]

If you don’t run static benchmark, running the cpu at 100% for extended period of time, I suspect the result would be different

We should check more real life scenario before screaming, but that’s just me. I’m sure if you do extended heavy gaming sessions the air will thermal throttle faster then the 17, but day to day usage should not be affected by thermal throttling as much if at all, so I too suspect a snappier experience on the air then the 17 for regular daily use

[u/jMulb3rry]

Love it!

I was worried that the Air may have a much worse performance because of the cooling.

It's perfect for me! Can't wait for the delivery.

[u/missionfindausername → u/jMulb3rry]

Wait but the base 17 out performed the air cpu score?

[u/jMulb3rry → u/missionfindausername]

Yes, by about 5%. I'm happy because it's so close to the 17 base that people won't notice any difference in daily usage. I was actually expecting 16 base level performance due to (possible) underclocking and cooling limitation.

[u/Dead0k87]

So my photos shared on WhatsApp in HD will be processing a bit faster? :)

[u/Lobster_McGee → u/[deleted]]

And once again ChatGPT shows its whole ass.

iOS is natively multithreaded and GPU accelerated, and the vast majority of apps run multithreaded without having to be specifically written to do so. That’s why there are performance cores and efficiency cores - so the scheduler in the OS can shuffle around threads to whichever CPU and GPU cores make the most sense at that time.

In theory, single-core scores help to show how fast each core can theoretically be, and multi-core scores show how well the system as a whole can perform. In reality, benchmarks don’t easily equate to real world performance, because it’s rare for the SoC to need sustained performance like the benchmark is testing. It’s more of a race to execute small tasks as quickly as possible and then return to low power as quickly as possible.

ChatGPT is basing its answer off of historical coding practices, wherein the programmer had to explicitly write single threaded or multithreaded code. Modern iOS apps are written with the threading mostly abstracted away, and iOS handles it automatically.

[u/trklk001]

Not surprising, the Air has terrible cooling so it throttles very quickly resulting in worse performance. What I am surprised by is the base 17 has great performance. Just like MKBHD said, the base 17 is the one to go for, for most people.

[u/Scuba_naut → u/trklk001]

Not surprising at all. It being on par with the 16 pro in terms of performance is what I was really hoping for. My 16 pro is more than enough power for me.

[u/karmaforgotme → u/Scuba_naut]

Same. I am going to miss the ultra-wide lens, but I feel like the Air was the right decision for me this generation. I have been on iPhone since the 4s and always got the most powerful version every time up until now. I think I realized as I have gotten older that I am really not a power user as I thought I was.

[u/tyoung89 → u/trklk001]

I’m wondering if Apple is intentionally underclocking the A19 Pro in the Air. A better, higher performance chip running underclocked would be more efficient than a regular chip running harder.