M1X to shake SoC foundations to the core: Apple M1 still tops PassMark’s CPU charts as successor likely brings mammoth GPU boost

Apple is expected to soon launch the M1X MacBook Pro 14 and 16, with the 10-core SoC being one of the highlights of the 2021 laptop refresh. The older 8-core M1 Apple Silicon still sits at the top of both the desktop and laptop single-thread performance charts at PassMark, with Intel and AMD so far unable to remove the ARM competitor.

Actual benchmark leaks of the Apple M1X have seemingly been non-existent, leaving YouTubers and Twitter champions to make their best guesses and predictions.
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