![]() ![]() Were the tasks “cherry picked” to be faster or representative of overall performance? We do know the Adaptive Wide Angle filter is generally optimized for Intel processors, which makes the selection feel somewhat fair. The tests in Photoshop are five certain tasks out of dozens and dozens of features in the application. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Air.”Īll three tasks are real tasks but there are some things you can quibble with. Premiere Pro 23.3.0 tested using a 55-second clip with 4K Apple ProRes RAW media, at 4096×2160 resolution and 59.94 frames per second, transcoded to Apple ProRes 422 at 29.97 frames per second. Open source project built on macOS with Xcode 14.3 with Apple Clang 14.0.3 open source project built on Windows with Clang 14.0.6. That’s probably fair if Apple wants to get those with older MacBook Air laptops to upgrade-but obviously it’s also to Apple’s advantage to ignore the fact that the new MacBook Air 15 will only be marginally faster than last year’s MacBook Air 13 and probably not a huge improvement over the original M1-based MacBook Air 13 either.Īpple does at least detail the tests it used for the claim: “Adobe Photoshop 24.3.0 tested using the following filters and functions: select sky, oil paint, adaptive wide angle, picture frame, and tree. The real marketing sleight of hand though is comparing a 3-year-old laptop with its newest model. Overall, we think the claim is mostly based in reality-we just don’t think you’ll get 12x performance in all tasks. After all, there are indeed some things on the 2020 Intel-based MacBook Air 13 that would likely still be faster than the MacBook Air 15 if you looked hard enough. We’ve kicked the tires on the M1 and M2 laptops and they are plenty impressive, so we don’t think the 12x claim is too out of bounds, especially against such old hardware. So how does Apple claim its “12x faster?” We have no idea, which is odd since Apple is comparing a MacBook with a MacBook and presumably any comparison tests it runs, can be easily validated.ĭo we doubt Apple’s claims? Not entirely, but it would really make us feel better to know what it used. The 11th-gen CPU that replaced it, for example, pushed the turbo boost to 4.8GHz. Intel’s 10th-gen Ice Lake chips were its first 10nm-based generation and were an improvement over the older 8th-gen, 14nm-based chips, but still it was dinged by some for the relatively low boost clocks. ![]()
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