Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
The ARM Immortalis-G925 GPU in the Dimensity 9400 delivers a major performance uplift, with even MediaTek providing a comparison, showing that its latest chipset is up to 19 percent faster than the A18 Pro. So, how well does this translate into a gaming test and, more specifically, Genshin Impact? Well, it turns out that both SoCs perform incredibly well, with the Dimensity 9400 showcasing better temperatures when running in the Vivo X200 Pro, likely thanks to the inclusion of a vapor chamber. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has a 43 percent higher peak power consumption than Dimensity 9400; improved efficiency is […]
The newly announced Dimensity 9400 is the first Android smartphone SoC to be mass produced on TSMC’s latest 3nm ‘N3E’ process, putting it on par with Apple’s A18 Pro in terms of lithography, but there are a ton of differences compared to last year’s Dimensity 9300. With the CPU cluster and GPU getting notable upgrades, MediaTek took the opportunity to compare its latest release with the A18 Pro, showcasing how fast it is in two specific benchmarks that stress the chipset’s two areas. The biggest performance difference is seen in the GPU side of things, where the Dimensity 9400’s Immortalis-G925 beats […]
A die shot comparison of the A18 and A18 Pro was revealed yesterday, making it the first time that Apple’s second-generation 3nm chipsets powering the iPhone 16 models were examined with a closer eye. Unfortunately, the lack of identification meant we could not deduce which component was present on which part of the two SoCs, so it was difficult to conclude the differences between them. Thankfully, we get a closer look at the A18 and A18 Pro, revealing their physical die size measurements and so much more. New comparison reveals that the A18 might not be based on the A18 […]
Apple introduced its first family of second-generation 3nm chipsets for the iPhone 16 series, the A18 and A18 Pro, last month, bringing in a wave of improvements over last year’s A17 Pro. Despite featuring the same 6-core CPU and only being separated by a single GPU core, the latest die shot comparison reveals that a single difference can result in reconfiguring various clusters, as you will soon find out. TSMC utilized its InFO-POP packaging for the A18 and A18 Pro, reducing the overall die size by ensuring strong thermal and electrical performance An in-depth analysis was performed by Chipwise that […]
Apple has heavily marketed its iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max as highly capable mobile gaming devices thanks to the inclusion of the A18 Pro. The chipset’s 6-core GPU is said to be faster than the A17 Pro, with the company claiming that the SoC can deliver 200 percent quicker hardware-accelerated ray tracing than its predecessor. Surely, that means we should witness a framerate boost in AAA games, too, right? Not quite, and while it is possible to fire up games like Alien Isolation natively, the experience is different than the performance metrics you are used to seeing […]
Apple was previously discovered to have introduced a delay in the CPU boost frequency, resulting in a slightly lowered single-core and multi-core score in exchange for better battery life. According to the A18 Pro results obtained when running iOS 18.1 beta 5, it was found that the company might have backtracked on its earlier decision because not only does the SoC post some healthy single-core scores, but it manages to come close to the M2’s performance in the multi-core category, as you will soon find out. M2 running in the larger 15-inch MacBook Air is not even 4 percent faster […]
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 has started to be tested in more devices, and according to the latest benchmark leak, the SoC has found its way into Samsung’s upcoming top-end model, the Galaxy S25 Ultra. In the latest results, we not only found out some specifications of the flagship but also discovered that the chipset beats Apple’s A18 Pro in the multi-core result. Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 considerably improves in single-core results but is still slower than the A18 Pro when running in the Galaxy S25 Ultra Qualcomm is expected to unveil the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in October, which […]
Apple has proven once again that its efforts in the custom silicon business have no equal, and with the arrival of the A18 and A18 Pro, the company has cemented its position, at least until the Dimensity 9400 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 arrive in the coming weeks. An in-depth reviewer has now ranked various chipsets based on how they perform in various CPU and GPU tests and has concluded that the A18 Pro deserves to be titled as the fastest mobile SoC at this time, just behind the M2 and M4. A18 is slightly below the A18 Pro in […]
The A18 Pro powering the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max had already cemented its position as Apple’s fastest smartphone silicon to date by being 18 percent faster than last year’s A17 Pro in Geekbench 6’s Metal benchmark while also trading blows with the M1 in the single-core and multi-core department. In the latest GFXBench Aztec Ruins test, the newest SoC once again reaches a new performance plateau, but a closer look at the comparison reveals that it had to operate at a higher power draw to achieve this difference, resulting in a worse ‘performance per watt’ ratio. In the […]
Apple has retained the same CPU and GPU core count for the A18 Pro and A17 Pro, but in terms of performance, the company’s silicon that exclusively powers the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max delivers some nominal gains over its predecessor. Earlier, we reported that the chipset is not just 28 percent faster than its direct predecessor in Geekbench 6’s single-core and multi-core test, but it is equal to Apple’s desktop-class M1 SoC that launched four years ago. Now, the latest benchmark tests the GPU side of things, showing that the A18 Pro is just as fast as […]
The A18 Pro chip in the iPhone 16 Pro brought impressive single and multi-core performance gains, reaching the level of the company's M1 chip from four years ago. While the chip is still based on TSMC's 3nm architecture, the company stated at its event that it is using a new process, which could allow it to further its distance from last year's A17 Pro chip. The company also used other methods to enhance the performance of the iPhone 16 and the A18 chip by improving its thermal design, which should have a positive impact on the overall performance of the […]
The new iPhone 16 Pro is a pretty impressive device when it comes to the new front-facing functionalities and the hardware changes. Apple saw fit to introduce a new Camera Control button, which, as the name suggests, controls most of the camera features on the iPhone 16. We can say that the new Camera Control button is the highlight of the upgrade, but we also should not take the new A18 Pro chip lightly, given how it performs against the competition and Apple's custom M1 chip for the Mac. The A18 Pro chip in iPhone 16 Pro scores higher than […]
Vampire Survivors draws tons of inspiration from Castlevania, so it is no surprise that the new Ode To Castlevania DLC is fantastic. I’m here to guide you through unlocking each Hero and evolving each weapon, because that’s how you’ll end up accessing ...
I started playing Overwatch in 2019. By the time I was pushing payloads and getting Play of the Game with a well-placed Tactical Visor, a lot of the old hero kits and team compositions that were infamous when the hero shooter launched in 2016 were more...
The ARM Immortalis-G925 GPU in the Dimensity 9400 delivers a major performance uplift, with even MediaTek providing a comparison, showing that its latest chipset is up to 19 percent faster than the A18 Pro. So, how well does this translate into a gaming test and, more specifically, Genshin Impact? Well, it turns out that both SoCs perform incredibly well, with the Dimensity 9400 showcasing better temperatures when running in the Vivo X200 Pro, likely thanks to the inclusion of a vapor chamber. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has a 43 percent higher peak power consumption than Dimensity 9400; improved efficiency is […]
The newly announced Dimensity 9400 is the first Android smartphone SoC to be mass produced on TSMC’s latest 3nm ‘N3E’ process, putting it on par with Apple’s A18 Pro in terms of lithography, but there are a ton of differences compared to last year’s Dimensity 9300. With the CPU cluster and GPU getting notable upgrades, MediaTek took the opportunity to compare its latest release with the A18 Pro, showcasing how fast it is in two specific benchmarks that stress the chipset’s two areas. The biggest performance difference is seen in the GPU side of things, where the Dimensity 9400’s Immortalis-G925 beats […]
A die shot comparison of the A18 and A18 Pro was revealed yesterday, making it the first time that Apple’s second-generation 3nm chipsets powering the iPhone 16 models were examined with a closer eye. Unfortunately, the lack of identification meant we could not deduce which component was present on which part of the two SoCs, so it was difficult to conclude the differences between them. Thankfully, we get a closer look at the A18 and A18 Pro, revealing their physical die size measurements and so much more. New comparison reveals that the A18 might not be based on the A18 […]
Apple introduced its first family of second-generation 3nm chipsets for the iPhone 16 series, the A18 and A18 Pro, last month, bringing in a wave of improvements over last year’s A17 Pro. Despite featuring the same 6-core CPU and only being separated by a single GPU core, the latest die shot comparison reveals that a single difference can result in reconfiguring various clusters, as you will soon find out. TSMC utilized its InFO-POP packaging for the A18 and A18 Pro, reducing the overall die size by ensuring strong thermal and electrical performance An in-depth analysis was performed by Chipwise that […]
Apple has heavily marketed its iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max as highly capable mobile gaming devices thanks to the inclusion of the A18 Pro. The chipset’s 6-core GPU is said to be faster than the A17 Pro, with the company claiming that the SoC can deliver 200 percent quicker hardware-accelerated ray tracing than its predecessor. Surely, that means we should witness a framerate boost in AAA games, too, right? Not quite, and while it is possible to fire up games like Alien Isolation natively, the experience is different than the performance metrics you are used to seeing […]
Apple was previously discovered to have introduced a delay in the CPU boost frequency, resulting in a slightly lowered single-core and multi-core score in exchange for better battery life. According to the A18 Pro results obtained when running iOS 18.1 beta 5, it was found that the company might have backtracked on its earlier decision because not only does the SoC post some healthy single-core scores, but it manages to come close to the M2’s performance in the multi-core category, as you will soon find out. M2 running in the larger 15-inch MacBook Air is not even 4 percent faster […]
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 has started to be tested in more devices, and according to the latest benchmark leak, the SoC has found its way into Samsung’s upcoming top-end model, the Galaxy S25 Ultra. In the latest results, we not only found out some specifications of the flagship but also discovered that the chipset beats Apple’s A18 Pro in the multi-core result. Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 considerably improves in single-core results but is still slower than the A18 Pro when running in the Galaxy S25 Ultra Qualcomm is expected to unveil the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in October, which […]
Apple has proven once again that its efforts in the custom silicon business have no equal, and with the arrival of the A18 and A18 Pro, the company has cemented its position, at least until the Dimensity 9400 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 arrive in the coming weeks. An in-depth reviewer has now ranked various chipsets based on how they perform in various CPU and GPU tests and has concluded that the A18 Pro deserves to be titled as the fastest mobile SoC at this time, just behind the M2 and M4. A18 is slightly below the A18 Pro in […]
The A18 Pro powering the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max had already cemented its position as Apple’s fastest smartphone silicon to date by being 18 percent faster than last year’s A17 Pro in Geekbench 6’s Metal benchmark while also trading blows with the M1 in the single-core and multi-core department. In the latest GFXBench Aztec Ruins test, the newest SoC once again reaches a new performance plateau, but a closer look at the comparison reveals that it had to operate at a higher power draw to achieve this difference, resulting in a worse ‘performance per watt’ ratio. In the […]
Apple has retained the same CPU and GPU core count for the A18 Pro and A17 Pro, but in terms of performance, the company’s silicon that exclusively powers the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max delivers some nominal gains over its predecessor. Earlier, we reported that the chipset is not just 28 percent faster than its direct predecessor in Geekbench 6’s single-core and multi-core test, but it is equal to Apple’s desktop-class M1 SoC that launched four years ago. Now, the latest benchmark tests the GPU side of things, showing that the A18 Pro is just as fast as […]
The A18 Pro chip in the iPhone 16 Pro brought impressive single and multi-core performance gains, reaching the level of the company's M1 chip from four years ago. While the chip is still based on TSMC's 3nm architecture, the company stated at its event that it is using a new process, which could allow it to further its distance from last year's A17 Pro chip. The company also used other methods to enhance the performance of the iPhone 16 and the A18 chip by improving its thermal design, which should have a positive impact on the overall performance of the […]
The new iPhone 16 Pro is a pretty impressive device when it comes to the new front-facing functionalities and the hardware changes. Apple saw fit to introduce a new Camera Control button, which, as the name suggests, controls most of the camera features on the iPhone 16. We can say that the new Camera Control button is the highlight of the upgrade, but we also should not take the new A18 Pro chip lightly, given how it performs against the competition and Apple's custom M1 chip for the Mac. The A18 Pro chip in iPhone 16 Pro scores higher than […]