Despite being told not to, devs benchmark their developer transition kits
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What you need to know Multiple Developer Transition Kit benchmarks appeared online. Part of developers` agreement with Apple was that benchmarks wouldn`t be run. It`s debatable whether these results even mean anything, too. The A12Z seems fine in these tests but does it matter? With some developers starting to receive their Developer Transition Kits (DTK) it was perhaps only a matter of time before benchmarks started to appear online. And, sure enough, it`s happened. That`s despite the fact every developer agreed not to run any benchmarks, let alone have them uploaded to the web. Regardless, we`re seeing multiple Geekbench runs online right now with scores in the ballpark of 800 for single-core and 2700 for multi-core. Those scores are decent and comparable to something like a MacBook Air. But really, does it even matter? Geekbench running on a DTK – An Apple A12Z chip inside a Mac mini chassis – will be running under Rosetta emulation. With that in mind, combined with t...