In addition to these improvements, all the Mac-specific features have been re-engineered to make the most out of the new M1 processors: Up to 30 percent better virtual machine performance (Windows): Running a virtual machine (VM) of Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview on Parallels Desktop 16.5 on an M1 Mac performs up to 30 percent better than a Windows 10 VM running on Intel-based MacBook Pro with Intel Core i9 processor.Up to 60 percent better DirectX 11 performance: Parallels Desktop 16.5 running on an M1 Mac delivers up to 60 percent better DirectX 11 performance than on an Intel-based MacBook Pro with Radeon Pro 555X GPU.

On a Mac with an Apple M1 chip, Parallels Desktop 16.5 uses 2.5 times less energy than on a 2020 Intel-based MacBook Air computer.

Here are some of the performance and efficiency highlights for the new Parallels Desktop 16.5: All the popular software suites including MS Office, MS Visual Studio, SQL Server, MS Power BI and MetaTrader, as well as many games like Rocket League, Among Us, Roblox, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Sam & Max Save the World run even faster than on an Intel-based Mac, while the M1 processors allow for significantly higher energy efficiency. More than 100,000 M1 Mac users tested the Technical Preview of Parallels Desktop 16.5 in order to ensure a seamless Windows-on-Mac experience that is optimized for the new ARM-based processors from Apple. Both feature Tiger Lake H CPUs and GPUs that are limited largely by the amount of cooling and power that can be supplied by the laptop.Windows 10 is now fully functional at native speeds on Apple’s latest M1-powered MacBooks thanks to the release of the highly-anticipated 16.5 version for the Parallels Desktop virtual machine manager. For those comparisons Apple puts its chips against Nvidia’s best: GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPUs in a Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition and an MSI GE76 Raider.

What’s more interesting are the comparisons against discrete graphics on PC laptops though. With that said, proper respect needs to be given to the M1-it’s not like one of those Qualcomm chips running Windows 10. Likewise, AMD’s Ryzen series of CPUs also had no problems outrunning the original M1 MacBook Pro, depending on the task. With the original M1 launch, performance was impressive, but our own testing has found the Prestige 14 Evo to be as fast or faster than the M1, depending on what you do. The laptops it compares against the M1 Pro/Max-the MSI Prestige 14 Evo and an MSI GP66 Leopard-aren’t slouches. Comparisons oddly ignore AMD’s Ryzen parts in thin-and-light laptops, but that’s bench marketing for you.Īpple typically obscures what tests it runs to make its claims, but we appreciate that Apple isn’t just choosing limp hardware from its competitors at least.

Apple claims its new 10-core M1 Pro/M1 Max trouces Intel’s 11th-gen mobile chips.

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