2026-09-28T11:19:32.499219Z

Apple's A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record — 2nm chip beats desktop Intel Core i9 and AMD Ryzen 9 by up to 32%

www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/apples-a20-pro-shatters-geekbench-7-single-core-record-2nm-chip-beats-desktop-intel-core-i9-and-amd-ryzen-9-by-up-to-32-percent

Tom's HardwareApple's A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record — 2nm chip beats desktop Intel Core i9 and AMD Ryzen 9 by up to 32%Eats Intel's entry Panther Lake CPUs for breakfast too.

2026-09-28T23:07:37.787741Z

Equinox1289@Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works

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Replying to @⁨KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world⁩

They always do this comparison and it is always misleading. They are the first to get a processor on the new TSMC node, so of course the processor will be faster.

2026-09-29T02:18:38.910151Z

boonhet@boonhet@sopuli.xyz

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Replying to @⁨Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works⁩

Okay, but that Intel CPU was the first generation on Intel’s equivalent node (18A) too. If nothing else, it serves as an interesting Intel vs TSMC lithography comparison. Which one would expect TSMC to win anyway, but at least now we have numbers.

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