Geekbench 5 has released the first legitimate Geekbench 5 result, which shows that the base model 14-inch MacBook Pro is 20% slower than the 10-core model in terms of multicore performance.
The benchmark result shows the 8-core 14 inch MacBook Pro with a multicore score 9948, which is about 20% lower than the average multicore score of around 12,700 for models with a 10-core M1 Pro chip or M1 Max chip. This is only one result. Additional results will be needed to confirm the accuracy.
The 8-core M1 Pro chip is comparable in single-core performance to the standard M1 chip and the M1 Max chip.
The US price for the base 14-inch MacBook Pro model with an 8-core M1 Pro processor is $1,999. This configuration can be upgraded to a 10-core M1 Pro processor with a 14 core GPU for $200 more, bringing the total cost to $2,199.
On Monday, the new MacBook Pro models 14-inch and 16 inch were available for order and began shipping to customers before Tuesday's launch on Tuesday, October 26th. The notebooks come with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips options. They also have mini-LED displays with ProMotion that can refresh at 120Hz, additional ports such as an HDMI port, an SD card slot and MagSafe charging. There is also a notch housing an updated 1080p webcam.
