On performance, the new MacBook Air moves up to Apple’s speedy M1 chip, while HP’s Spectre x360 14 adds 11th-gen Intel Core processors (Core i5 or i7) for a performance boost. Both laptops ...

In June 2020 Apple announced that it would transition Mac from Intel to its “world-class custom silicon.” This process began with Apple’s M1 processor, which was introduced in November 2020.

some recent benchmarks suggest that the new M1 MacBook Pro beats 2019’s high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro models powered by 10th generation Intel Core i7 or i9 chipsets.

Geekbench 5 scores for Apple’s M1 and Intel’s Core i7-1065G7 show the M1 coming out well ahead in both single-core and multi-core CPU benchmarks. The M1’s CPU performance advantage should be ...