A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record – beats desktop i9 and Ryzen 9

Commenters debated the significance of the Apple A20 Pro topping Geekbench 7 single‑core charts. zamadatix and others pointed to a near‑concurrent M6 result that slightly edges the A20 in single‑thread and far surpasses it in multi‑thread, with Gecko4072 noting the A20 Pro is faster than M5/M4/M3 in single‑thread but its six‑core design trails higher‑core M‑series chips in multi‑core. zamadatix argued the M* chips likely share the same generation CPU with higher core counts, greater power budgets, and fewer software restrictions, which would explain differences; an M6 result showing ~1.02x single‑thread and ~1.99x multi‑thread vs the A20 Pro was cited as supporting that view.

Other commenters questioned how much Geekbench reflects real‑world workloads: piinbinary wondered whether trading firms or real applications would benefit, or if the benchmark overstates the advantage, and andrewstuart and spdustin said the boost isn’t earth‑shattering for typical users. mring33621 expressed a desire for Apple silicon to be available to third parties, while BugsJustFindMe joked about future Macs being “two iPhones in a trench coat.” Overall opinions split between excitement over single‑core gains, skepticism about practical impact, and emphasis on multi‑core and platform constraints.