Early Apple M1 Pro benchmarks: 10-core CPU part heavily outscores Core i9-10910 while 16-core GPU part keeps pace with GeForce GTX 1650

The M1 Pro tests show a score pattern of around 1,750 points for Geekbench 5 single-core and about 12,100 points for multi-core (current averages would have been artificially lowered by a seemingly outlier of a record). This would leave the new Apple Silicon at the top of the Geekbench Mac single-core chart while destroying anything with an M1 in it in the multi-core chart. A more-refined manufacturing process (5 nm vs. 14 nm for the Intel processor) even allows the M1 Pro to demolish the Intel Core i9-10910 that can be found in the 2020 27-inch iMac. The Apple SoC and its 10-core CPU has a +40.68% (single) and a +34.30% (multi) advantage over the 10-core Comet Lake desktop chip while not being nearly as power hungry.

As for graphics, the M1 Pro has been tested in both OpenCL and Metal. Yet again, the M1 Pro destroys anything by the M1, which is hardly a surprise considering the differences in GPU configuration. The average Metal score for the M1 Pro with 16-core GPU over three separate records is 41,371 while a single entry reveals an OpenCL mark of 36,664 points (over 38,000 points has been reported though). The M1 OpenCL scores position the Apple Silicon neatly between the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q Design (36,196) and the GeForce GTX 1650 (38,361). However, it is way behind the nearest Ampere SKU, the GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU, which is in the OpenCL chart with 45,898. Those who want that level of graphics performance or higher will be better off selecting an M1 Max MacBook Pro.

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Geekbench (CPU: 1/2/3/4; GPU: 1/2/3/4)