Apple's Own Processor Appeared on Geekbench for the First Time

Apple's ARM based A12Z Bionic The supported Mac mini was shown as Developer Transition Kit at WWDC 2020 (World Developers Conference). It was later revealed that it had a price tag of $ 500 and was designed for developers, not ordinary users.

Allows developers to 'benchmark' testing terms and conditions reviewed after launch not allowed was seen, but this did not prevent the performance test from being carried out and this became the subject of our news.

Benchmark test results of Mac mini:

As you can see from the image above, Mac mini received 833 points in single-core and 2,582 points in multi-core in Geekbench. Of course, considering that the device has A12Z Bionic, it would not be wrong to say that these scores are quite low. According to the news in Wccftech, the reason for this is that the test uses Apple's translation layer. Rosetta 2 It was made through.

It was also stated that the A12Z Bionic running on the Mac mini operates at 2.40 GHz, which is the lowest operating speed. iPad Pro The model also operates at approximately 2.50 GHz. In addition, it was claimed that Rosetta 2 uses only the four cores in the A12Z Bionic and does not use the remaining four cores. Considering that the iPad Pro 2020 received 1,114 points in the single core and 4,654 points in the multi-core, the low score of the Mac mini becomes a little more clear.

Of course, we will see the true potential of this special chip in the coming days. Therefore, until then, we should see these scores as just a preview.