MacBook Neo A18 Pro Benchmarks: Strong Burst Performance at $599, Limited for Pro Workloads
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Summary
The article benchmarks the A18 Pro processor in the $599 MacBook Neo, comparing it against Apple's M1 and M4 chips. It finds the Neo very fast for bursty everyday use at its price point, but limited for sustained, memory-heavy, or professional workloads. Geekbench 6 scores show 3,569 single-core performance, landing between the M3 and M4. GPU performance is noted as not great. The analysis covers compression, crypto, integer kernels, matrix math, video transcode, and sustained thermal behavior.
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GPU performance is not great.
I'm not really a Mac guy. But I have deep respect for what Apple has done with their silicon, and I've been following their CPU journey sin
Geekbench 6 scores 3,569 single-core, between M3 and M4.
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