Apple M1 im Test des Mac Mini 2020

Compared to the previous 2018 Mac Mini, which is powered by the four-core non-hyperthreaded Intel Core i3-8100B from the Coffee Lake-S series, the 2020 Mac Mini should be able to run up to 3x faster with Apple. M1, the manufacturer promises. Here, four reduced CPU cores at high clock rates are combined with four inexpensive processing cores with a GPU with seven or eight cores. The variant with multiple GPU cores including fans is integrated into the new Mac Mini 2020, available starting at 780 euros. Anandtech’s website has already taken a closer look at a new 2020 Mac Mini. Both the version of the Cinebench R23 benchmark tool, which is natively optimized for the ARM instruction set, and the software emulation were tested. If the Cinebench R23 variant running directly on the M1 chip is run in multi-thread, the maximum configuration level of the Apple M1 in the 2020 Mac Mini reaches a score of 7,833. However, those using the software-based emulation called Rosetta 2 scored 5,257 points in Cinebench R23 Multi-Thread.

In Rise of the Tomb Raider, discrete graphics chips like an Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650 are faster

For comparison: A 2018 Apple Mac Mini with its Intel Core i3-8100B only scored 3,707 points in the Cinebench R23 multi-core benchmark. An AMD Ryzen 7 4800U based on the Zen 2 architecture, however, achieves 9,286 points and an AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS with 35 watts TDP also reaches 10,741 points in the multi-threaded Cinebench R23. A similar picture emerges in Geekbench 5’s multi-core score. Here the Mac Mini 2020 scores 7,715 points when running the benchmark natively or 6,069 points when using software-based emulation. An AMD Ryzen 9 3900X scored 14,302 points in the same test. In the Speedometer 2.0 browser benchmark, Apple can even beat the assembled competition. Apple Safari’s native ARM version seems to have a positive effect here, which isn’t available on Windows devices.

In terms of video games, Anandtech tested Rise of the Tomb Raider, released in 2016, with a resolution of 1,366 x 768 with high graphics settings, DirectX 12 and anti-aliasing disabled. The game must be emulated on the software side using Rosetta 2 in order to start on an Apple M1. In the maximum configuration level of the Apple M1 chip with fan and eight GPU cores, Rise of the Tomb Raider can be played with a good 73 fps. An Acer Nitro 5 2020 with AMD Ryzen 5 4600H and Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650, on the other hand, achieved 95 fps in this game and the same settings. The Apple M1 can stand up to Intel and AMD’s iGPUs and entry-level graphics chips like an Nvidia Geforce MX250, but the ARM chipset has to admit defeat as soon as it enters more powerful areas.

Overall, however, Apple offers a very powerful package with the M1 chip, considering that the power consumption of the ARM chipset is around 24 watts. Especially when using native apps, you don’t notice any difference on the macOS and x86 processors from AMD and Intel.

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Apple M1 performance rundown:

• In a first test report on Anandtech’s website, it becomes clear how powerful Apple’s specially developed ARM M1 chipset is at its peak expansion stage in the 2020 Mac Mini.
• With software-based emulation using Apple’s Rosetta 2, the M1 chip scored 5,257 points in the multi-thread test in Cinebench R23.
• If, on the other hand, the version of Cinebench R23 optimized for ARM chipset runs natively on Apple M1, the score in multi-thread rises to 7,833.
• An AMD Ryzen 7 4800U with 9,286 points is even faster in Cinebench R23 multi-thread.
• The Apple Mac Mini 2020 is available in stores starting at 780 euros.

Quellen: Anandtech, CPU-Monkey, Geekbench, Browserbench, Apple

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