- If you saw my previous video, you would know
that Parallels has just
recently released an update allowing it
to support windows 10 on the M1 Max.
Now, unfortunately
obviously this isn't the x86 version of windows.
So we are losing out on some compatibility ,
but for now, just over one month
after the release of the M1's.
I think the future is looking pretty good,
for Windows support
and also virtual machines, on the Apple Silicon.
Now, in this video
I wanted to do a brief benchmark using Parallels
on my M1 Mac, just to see how
it performs in the early stages.
Now I am using a base model M1 Mac Mini
but this obviously has the exact same M1 CPU
that all the other M1 Macs have.
So for the purposes of this test, it doesn't really matter
if I'm using a Mac Mini, a MacBook Air
or MacBook Pro they're all going to perform
pretty much the exact same.
The only real difference
between the models is obviously the fan
on the Pro and the Mini, and also the extra GPU core
on the Pro and the Mini and some Air models.
So without further a do, let's jump into the computer
and we'll have a look at some benchmarking.
Okay, so first things first,
what I initially did is
I did a Geekbench 5 CPU benchmark, just on Mac OS,
so not using any kind
of Parallels or anything like that.
And as you can see here,
the Mac Mini is pulling a very, very
impressive single core score of 1747
and a multi-core score of 7,700.
So right off the bat, that is just very, very impressive
especially this single core score,
which actually beats out pretty much
every single Intel CPU
currently available on the market.
So what we'll do now is we'll launch up
the Windows Parallels virtual machine
and we'll see what we can get on there
and what we'll do first of all
before we actually launch the VM, is will come in here
to the settings and I'll show you guys how I have it set up.
So if we come into the hardware
and then the CPU and memory section,
you can see that I'm currently using
all 8 processes to do the VM.
Now I have tested it at 2, which is the recommended.
I've also tested it at 4, and I've also tested at 8.
Now there's obviously a huge difference
between 2 and 4, but going from 4 to 8
there's not quite as big as a difference, but again
this is a technical preview of Parallels.
So the fact that this is even running
it all is very impressive.
So what we'll do is I'm just going to change this
back to 4, and I'm going to save that, close that down
and we're going to launch Windows 10.
Now, if I launch Internet Explorer
you can see I've already done these tests.
And I wanted to obviously do them
without any kind of programs running in the background.
And also whilst screen recording was not happening.
Just so you can get a really accurate score.
So we can see here, the single core score is 1518
and that is using 4 cores
And then the multi-core score
for 4 cores is close to 5,000.
And if we come over here,
to where I tested the 8 cores
we can see the single core score is a little bit better
and the multi-core score is quite good as well.
Now, if we actually compare this
to what we were getting before, so you can see here
Geekbench running natively
on the Mac was able to score 1747 for a single core.
And then through Parallels 1547
and then the multi-core score close to 7,700 native
on the Mac and then 6,200 through Windows Parallels.
So you can see there
there definitely is a performance drop,
but honestly guys in terms of actual raw performance
it's honestly not that much at all.
You have to understand like this is
essentially a beta version of Windows 10 ARM
and also a technical version.
So not even a beta version of Windows Parallels
and the M1 Max have been out
for just over four weeks at this point.
So these kinds of scores are extremely impressive.
Now, if we actually come here and we look at the benchmarks
so let's just take the iCore score as an example.
So close to 6,200 on the Mac.
If we come here
and we select multi score and we go to about 6,200
you can see right now we are scoring about the same
as a rise in 72700, but even some of the i7,
so the i7-9700 were pretty much bang on that.
And also with some of these other higher end Intel CPUs
we getting very, very close.
But I think the most interesting comparison is
actually going to be the single core score.
So let's just round this off at about 1550
and let's come here
and let's see what the Intel counterparts are doing.
So about 1550 whereabouts there.
So you can see here
this is actually getting the same scores
as the new 5,000 series AMD chips.
So the 5600 X, which has just been released for 6 cores
the M1 is right on par with that.
And if we actually look at the native score on Mac OS 1750
it's actually beating every other AMD
and Intel processor on the market right now.
So if we're getting this kind of performance
on Parallels already, you can see there's really not much
of a performance drop here at all.
Even if we just go to the 4 core score of 5,000.
If we come to the multi-core benchmarks here
we scroll down to about 5,000.
You can see this is where we're ending up.
So essentially an i5-9600K,
that's what it's equal to, but bear in mind
this is using a beta version of two softwares
and it's also running through a VM
and it's essentially beating the offerings
from Intel around this same Mac,
and even some of the Ryzen processes.
So you can see here, the 3500 X of 5,167
we are pretty much bang on
in terms of multi-core scores between the two.
Now, in terms of other benchmarking
for Windows 10 ARM running through Parallels
there's really not much else at this point.
I tried to do Cinebench and a few other x86 apps
but they just wouldn't work at all.
So fingers crossed either Parallels comes up
with a solution or Microsoft implements, x86 virtualization
which I think they're actually going to be doing soon
but all in all as it is now
it's going to be very exciting
to see how this goes.
And I think if we go 12 months
in the future and then look back,
there's going to be some amazing improvements
and performance increases.
Anyway, guys, I hope you enjoyed this video.
Any comments or questions, leave them below
but apart from that, I will catch you in the next one.