Put the M1 in your comparison - I think the A18 Pro compares favorably to it and it's a good baseline for people who bought in on Apple Silicon early and are still using it.
| device | cpu | single core | multi core |
|:----------------------------|:----------------------------------|------------:|-----------:|
| iPhone 16 Pro Max | Apple A18 Pro | 3428 | 8531 |
| iPhone 16 Pro | Apple A18 Pro | 3445 | 8624 |
| MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) | Apple M1 Pro @ 3.2 GHz (10 cores) | 2385 | 12345 |
| MacBook Air (13-inch, 2025) | Apple M4 @ 4.4 GHz (10 CPU cores) | 3696 | 14729 |
| MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2025) | Apple M5 @ 4.6 GHz (10 CPU cores) | 4228 | 17464 |
My ageing M1 Pro still has better multicore performance than these new laptops. But far worse single core performance. For most users this would be a large upgrade. Well, if you can get by with 8gb of RAM.
Still, I can’t justify an upgrade to myself!!
Surprising single core numbers notwithstanding !
I'm going to wait a few more years. The M1 is too good. So is my iphone 12. There's just nothing wrong with my phone other than the lightning port.
Clinging to my iPhone 13 Mini until it's natural death.
device | cpu | single core | multi core |
|:------------------------------|:----------------------------------|------------:|-----------:|
MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2020)| Apple M1 @ 3.2 GHz (8 cores) | 2323 | 8186