Apple toys with the competition - MacBook Neo offers more single-core performance than any mobile processor from AMD, Intel or Qualcomm

[Redaktion]

Apple's new MacBook Neo is powered by the A18 Pro smartphone processor and offers excellent single-core performance, which beats every mobile processor from AMD, Intel and Qualcomm. And Apple does not even have to use the latest A19 Pro from the iPhone 17 Pro.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-toys-with-the-competition-MacBook-Neo-offers-more-single-core-performance-than-any-mobile-processor-from-AMD-Intel-or-Qualcomm.1248134.0.html

[Johannes K]

How about in Cinebench 2026?

[Jean du Toit]

Even if the Apple Neo has blazingly fast processing performance, it is Limited to 8GB RAM. Talk about building a Lamborghini with bicycle tyres.

[Lmaowinblowz]

TrashBook - Super optimized... for running benchmarks *yawn* those iFans really need to up their glazing game since no one would fall for this bullcrap anymore but themselves. Those benchmarks are useless for cross-platform comparison - even its creators said so, so keep coping with those high score while running like sh*t in any program that Apple hasn't paid billions to make the Windows version worse.

And once again the TrashBook gets a free pass for all the fouls that x86 laptops would be ripped apart if they dare to make: absolutely unrepairable soldered RAM and *SSD* (the worst of Windows laptops nowadays still has repairable M.2 storage), miserable port selection, no keyboard backlight (in the big '26), garbage prehistoric quality webcam, etcetera and etcetera. This is the reason why the laptop industry has zero innovation for the last 5 years. Thank you GlazeMacbookCheck for making the tech industry miserable and all of us consumer to suffer.

Yeah man totally I can't wait to pick up my plastic crapware $400 PC that will stutter and poop itself if I breathe on it wrong.

For the target audience - students; old people; casual users - this is a great little laptop.

"It is limited to 8gb." Yes, yes it is. Oh noes the mobile-chip-powered laptop can't edit 4k video AND import raw photos simultaneously as fast as the $2000 laptop?

Lmao.

[Plum]

I mean..if someone is dead set on getting apple.. and they were thinking of getting an iPad. I think it would make sense spending a little more and getting this instead. At least you get a proper OS here and not ipadOS.

The people this is aimed at wouldn't run many tabs though and don't upgrade often. They also aren't the audience who are into installing Linux or upgrading ram/SSD. It's for grandma's and 7-10 year olds.

I don't get why people are getting mad over more choices? It is available in any apple retail store for someone to checkout for themselves if they like or not vs the rest of the windows budget competition.

You might not consider this a real choice but when the head of another OEM is stating how many others are watching this closely and internally discussing how to respond to it, obviously others don't feel the same or share the same sentiment.

[davidm]

PC enthusiasts are their own worst enemies. They refuse to see the obvious leaps Apple is making since their M chips. It would be great if PC hardware was actually as good as those enthusiasts think, but in efficiency, memory bandwidth, and many real and benchmark values, PC has been in the dust for a long time. I'm not saying this as an Apple consumer, I'm saying this as a PC (Linux) consumer who wants better options.

[Citizen_not_Consumer]

There are much better laptops for less or equal money you can get:

-OLED screen
-more RAM (12gb or 16gb)
-touchscreen with pen support
-convertible
-glass trackpad
-Fanless with 17 hours battery
-same multicore performance
-runs ChromeOS, Linux, and Android apps

for $479 (IPS touch screen):
chromeunboxed.com/the-acer-chromebook-plus-spin-514-just-hit-a-new-all-time-low-price-of-479/

for $649 (OLED touch screen):
chromeunboxed.com/yes-the-lenovo-chromebook-14-is-the-best-chromebook-ive-ever-used/

Both laptops are better in every respect than the MacBook Neo.