How Much Faster?

Every Apple chip, on one scale

Keynotes compare each chip with the one before it. Here is every iPhone, iPad and Mac since 2007 on one Geekbench 6 scale, and how each claim held up.

iPhone 18 Pro is about 69 times your iPhone 4S, single-core, estimated. Your iPhone 4S scores about 68, the iPhone 18 Pro about 4,695.

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iPhone 18 Pro

A20 Pro, September 2026, provisional

about 4,695single-core
about 1.25 timesvs iPhone 17 Pro
about 69 timesvs your iPhone 4S
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Data table
Geekbench 6 scores by product line
DeviceLaunchedSingle-coreMulti-coreGPUMethod
iPhone flagship
iPhoneJune 2007June 2007about 22about 22No dataConverted from Geekbench 2, unsourced
iPhone 3GJuly 2008July 2008about 22about 22No dataConverted from Geekbench 2, unsourced
iPhone 3GSJune 2009June 2009about 45about 45No dataConverted from Geekbench 2, unsourced
iPhone 4June 2010June 2010about 61about 61No dataConverted from Geekbench 2, unsourced
iPhone 4SOctober 2011October 2011about 68about 100No dataConverted from Geekbench 4, unsourced
iPhone 5September 2012September 2012about 181about 245No dataConverted from Geekbench 4, unsourced
iPhone 5sSeptember 2013September 2013about 304about 435No dataConverted from Geekbench 4, unsourced
iPhone 6September 2014September 2014about 350about 498No dataConverted from Geekbench 4, unsourced
iPhone 6s PlusSeptember 2015September 2015601858No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone 7 PlusSeptember 2016September 20168121,155No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone 8 PlusSeptember 2017September 20171,0562,269No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone XSSeptember 2018September 20181,2852,654No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone 11 ProSeptember 2019September 20191,7113,809No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone 12 ProOctober 2020October 20202,0844,744No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone 13 ProSeptember 2021September 20212,3415,735No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone 14 ProSeptember 2022September 20222,6246,696No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone 15 ProSeptember 2023September 20232,8787,103No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone 16 ProSeptember 2024September 20243,3078,088No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone 17 ProSeptember 2025September 20253,7659,735No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPhone 18 ProSeptember 2026September 2026about 4,695about 12,521No dataEarly result, unsourced
iPad Pro
iPad Pro 12.9-inchNovember 2015November 20157491,246No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPad Pro 10.5-inchJune 2017June 20179402,209No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPad Pro 11-inchNovember 2018November 20181,3284,576No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)March 2020March 20201,3284,637No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPad Pro 11-inch (M1)May 2021May 20212,3118,342No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPad Pro 11-inch (M2)October 2022October 20222,5799,802No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)May 2024May 20243,67613,539No dataMeasured average, unsourced
iPad Pro 11-inch (M5)October 2025October 20254,11615,280No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air
MacBook Air (Early 2008)January 2008January 2008No dataNo dataNo dataNo data
MacBook Air (Mid 2009)June 2009June 2009No dataNo dataNo dataNo data
MacBook Air 13-inch (Late 2010)October 2010October 2010213362No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2011)July 2011July 2011434812No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2012)June 2012June 2012495979No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2013)June 2013June 20137081,346No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air 13-inch (Early 2014)April 2014April 20147451,411No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air 13-inch (Early 2015)March 2015March 20157841,516No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air 13-inch (2017)June 2017June 2017No dataNo dataNo dataNo data
MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)November 2018November 2018No dataNo dataNo dataNo data
MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019)July 2019July 2019No dataNo dataNo dataNo data
MacBook Air (2020, Intel)March 2020March 20201,1422,861No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air (M1)November 2020November 20202,3518,349No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air (M2)July 2022July 20222,5609,580No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air (M3)March 2024March 20243,06611,763No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air (M4)March 2025March 20253,72114,684No dataMeasured average, unsourced
MacBook Air (M5)March 2026March 20264,16816,934No dataMeasured average, unsourced

Keynote claims, measured

All claims
Latest keynote claims, measured
YearDeviceApple saidClaimedMeasuredVerdict
2026iPhone 18 Pro A20 Pro

“The 6-core CPU is up to 20 percent faster than A19 Pro, delivering the fastest CPU in a smartphone; the 7-core GPU is up to 40 percent faster and more power efficient; and the new Dual 16-core Neural Engine offers 2x the compute power to run on-device AI models.”

iPhone Duo announcement, September 2026, Apple Newsroom, iPhone Duo announcement, September 2026

up to +20%CPU vs A19 Proabout +24.7%Single-coreabout +28.6%Multi-core Exceeds on multi-core, provisional
2024iPhone 16 Pro A18 Pro

“A new 6-core CPU is the fastest in a smartphone, with two performance cores and four efficiency cores that can run the same workload as the previous generation 15 percent faster while using 20 percent less power.”

iPhone 16 Pro announcement, September 2024, Apple Newsroom, iPhone 16 Pro announcement, September 2024

+15%CPU vs A17 Pro+14.9%Single-core+13.9%Multi-core Matches on single-core
2024iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)

“The new CPU offers up to four performance cores and now six efficiency cores, with next-generation machine learning (ML) accelerators, to deliver up to 1.5x faster CPU performance over M2 in the previous-generation iPad Pro.”

iPad Pro (M4) announcement, May 2024, Apple Newsroom, iPad Pro (M4) announcement, May 2024

up to 1.5 timesCPU vs M21.43 timesSingle-core1.38 timesMulti-core Matches on single-core
2023iPhone 15 Pro A17 Pro

“The new CPU is up to 10 percent faster with microarchitectural and design improvements, and the Neural Engine is now up to 2x faster, powering features like autocorrect and Personal Voice in iOS 17.”

iPhone 15 Pro announcement, September 2023, Apple Newsroom, iPhone 15 Pro announcement, September 2023

up to +10%CPU vs A16 Bionic, baseline implied+9.7%Single-core+6.1%Multi-core Matches on single-core
2022iPad Pro 11-inch (M2)

“M2 features an 8-core CPU — up to 15 percent faster than M1 — with advancements in both performance and efficiency cores, and a 10-core GPU, delivering up to 35 percent faster graphics performance for the most demanding users.”

iPad Pro (M2) announcement, October 2022, Apple Newsroom, iPad Pro (M2) announcement, October 2022

up to +15%CPU vs M1+11.6%Single-core+17.5%Multi-core Matches on multi-core

What the data shows

  • 2.06 times

    MacBook Air (M1) over MacBook Air (2020, Intel) in single-core, 2.92 times in multi-core.

  • about +21.7%

    Median iPhone flagship single-core gain per generation, 2015 to 2026. Lowest +9.7% (iPhone 15 Pro), highest +35.1% (iPhone 7 Plus).

  • about +12.6%

    iPhone 18 Pro over MacBook Air (M5) in single-core. The MacBook Air (M5) leads multi-core, 16,934 to about 12,521.

Computed from placeholder scores. Data status