The A18 Pro found in the newly announced MacBook Neo is slightly different from the silicon powering the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, as Apple has resorted to chip-binning, giving a 5-core GPU to the portable Mac , while its older-generation flagship smartphones are treated to a 6-core GPU. Fortunately, a new benchmark leak shows there’s practically no difference between the two SoCs.
The $599 portable Mac with the unique identifier Mac17,5 was spotted by on Geekbench 6, with the scores showing little differences when compared to the iPhone 16 Pro Max. While it was assumed that the binned A18 Pro running in the MacBook Neo would suffer some kind of performance drop in the Metal benchmark, it turns out that the non-binned silicon is only 5.6 percent faster.
- Single-core score - 3,450
- Multi-core score - 8,702 (MacBook Neo is 2.7 percent faster)
- Metal score (GPU) - 31,286
- Single-core score - 3,445
- Multi-core score - 8,476
- Metal score (GPU) - 33,030 (iPhone 16 Pro Max is 5.6 percent faster)
The MacBook Neo ends up obtaining the same results as the iPhone 16 Pro Max in Geekbench 6’s single-core test, but gains a negligible lead in the multi-core category. Of course, it is important to note that running Geekbench 6 on both devices doesn’t tell the entire picture, but it gives you an idea of what kind of performance to expect for the money.
The MacBook Neo is currently available for pre-order at retailers like Amazon, starting from and GB storage. Apple’s most affordable computer is expected to go on sale on March 11.
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