Apple's 7nm A12 chip could be the best feature in the 2018 iPhones

Re:Apple's 7nm A12 chip could be the best feature in the 201... by jandrese on Friday May 25, 2018 @01:27PM (#17155967)

There's an absolute ocean of old obsolete ARM cores clocked slowly. The difference in performance is so vast it would be hard to compare with an A11 chip, especially once you include graphics acceleration in the mix.

Apple has been doubling down every year on the "we can make it go faster", and the rest of the ARM chip makers have responded with a "meh". It's so bad that people get really excited for a Samsung chip that is no slower than a two generation old A series chip.

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Re:Apple's 7nm A12 chip could be the best feature in the 201... by svantana on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:20PM (#17157549)

Performance is highly dependent on task and graphics is extra tricky to compare, but looking at geekbench, it seems the Samsung S9 is about halfway between iPhone 7 and 8/X. So half a generation behind is more accurate.

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