Intel benchmarks say Apple’s M1 isn’t faster. Let’s check the claims
After months of silence about Apple’s impressive M1 chip, Intel just clapped back with a carefully crafted takedown of the Arm-based chip. Its perspective on the M1 isn’t pretty. Intel said its testing shows: • An 11th gen Core i7-1185G7 can match or greatly exceed the M1’s performance in a MacBook Pro in both native and non-native applications. • In battery life, it’s pretty much a wash. • The MacBook Pro wouldn’t pass muster to be certified as an Evo laptop. • The M1 just won’t run a lot of software. • The new MacBooks have a range of compatibility issues, from multiple monitors to game controllers, as well as many documented software plug-in problems. In the parlance of our time, it’s “shots fired” yet again, with Intel highlighting problems in competing products. In November, Intel did…