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  "textContent": "Apple is set to launch two new low-cost devices tomorrow, the iPhone 17e and the MacBook Neo. Both devices use A-series chips, which have historically been limited to the iPhone and iPad.\n\n\nThe ‌MacBook Neo‌ has Apple's A18 Pro chip inside, which was first used in the iPhone 16 Pro models, while the ‌iPhone 17e‌ has a newer A19 chip. Unsurprisingly, thanks to the newer chip, Apple's $599 ‌iPhone‌ outperforms the CPU in its $599 Mac.\n\nThe ‌iPhone 17e‌ earned a multi-core score of 9,241 on early Geekbench benchmarks, while the ‌MacBook Neo‌ earned a multi-core score of 8,668. Single-core chip results also favored the ‌iPhone 17e‌, which earned a score of 3,607, while the Neo had a single-core score of 3,461.\n\nMetal scores for the GPU were closer, with the ‌MacBook Neo‌ scoring between 30,000 and 31,400 the ‌iPhone 17e‌ earned scores ranging from 31,000 to 31,600.\n\nBoth the ‌iPhone 17e‌ and the ‌MacBook Neo‌ have the same 8GB RAM for Apple Intelligence support, and while that might not sound like enough for a Mac, early reviewers felt that 8GB RAM was sufficient for everyday light workloads.\n\nThe ‌MacBook Neo‌ is the first Mac that Apple has designed with an A-series chip instead of an M-series chip, and its benchmark results suggest that it is essentially an ‌iPhone‌ that runs macOS. It will be interesting to see how well the ‌MacBook Neo‌ sells given that its CPU performance trails Apple's low-cost ‌iPhone‌.\n\nRelated Roundups: iPhone 17e, MacBook Neo\n\nTag: iPhone\n\nBuyer's Guide: iPhone 17e (Buy Now), MacBook Neo (Buy Now)\n\nRelated Forums: MacBook Neo, iPhone\n\n\nThis article, \"Apple's Low-Cost iPhone 17e is Faster Than the Low-Cost MacBook Neo\" first appeared on MacRumors.com\n\nDiscuss this article in our forums\n\n",
  "title": "Apple's Low-Cost iPhone 17e is Faster Than the Low-Cost MacBook Neo"
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