8-Core 14-Inch MacBook Pro Around 20% Slower Than 10-Core Models in Multi-Core Benchmark

The first seemingly legitimate Geekbench 5 result for the base model 14-inch MacBook Pro with an 8-core M1 Pro chip has surfaced, and it reveals that the 8-core model is, as expected, ~20% slower than 10-core models in terms of multi-core performance. The 10-core model has 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores, while the 8-core model has 6 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores.

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The benchmark result lists the 8-core 14-inch MacBook Pro with a multi-core score of 9,948, which is around 20% lower than the average multi-core score of around 12,700 for 14-inch MacBook Pro models configured with a 10-core M1 Pro or M1 Max chip. Keep in mind this is only a single result, so additional results are needed for certainty.

For single-core performance, the 8-core M1 Pro chip has approximately the same score as the standard M1 chip, the M1 Pro chip, and the M1 Max chip.

For multi-core performance, the 8-core M1 Pro chip is about 30% faster than the standard M1 chip, which also has 8-cores (4 performance, 4 efficiency).

Geekbench Scores

  • M1 (8-core) Single: 1742 Multi: 7582
  • M1 Pro (8-core) Single: 1767 Multi: 9948
  • M1 Max (10-core) Single: 1764 Multi: 12380

The base model 14-inch MacBook Pro with an 8-core M1 Pro chip is priced at $1,999 in the United States. Customers can upgrade this configuration to a 10-core M1 Pro chip with a 14-core GPU for an extra $200, raising the total price to $2,199.

The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models became available to order on Monday and have started shipping to some customers ahead of a Tuesday, October 26 launch. In addition to M1 Pro and M1 Max chip options, the notebooks feature mini-LED displays with ProMotion for up to a 120Hz refresh rate, additional ports like an HDMI port and an SD card slot, MagSafe charging, longer battery life, and a notch housing an upgraded 1080p webcam.

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Top Rated Comments

8CoreWhore Avatar
21 months ago
It has 20% less cores.
Score: 94 Votes (Like | Disagree)
logics8 Avatar
21 months ago
Breaking news: 20% smaller CPU runs 20% slower.
Score: 80 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TheDailyApple Avatar
21 months ago
Math checks out. ?
Score: 62 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Schizoid Avatar
21 months ago
Great, does the 1TB MacBook have half the storage of the 2TB model?
Score: 59 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Anaxarxes Avatar
21 months ago
Benchmarks show that 80 is 80% of 100
Score: 46 Votes (Like | Disagree)
SD449 Avatar
21 months ago

Breaking news: 20% smaller CPU runs 20% slower.
Yes I got the same thing

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