Apple's newly launched MacBook Neo earlier this month is currently its cheapest laptop, priced starting at 4,599 yuan. It is mainly aimed at entry-level users and meets basic needs such as sending and receiving emails, browsing the web, and watching videos. However, the YouTube channel ETA Prime found that this entry-level device performs surprisingly well in PC games - the reason is that it is equipped with the iPhone 16 Pro's processor A18 Pro.
ETA Prime tested a variety of games, including Hades 2, Drive Rally, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Hollow Knight: Silk Song, BioShock 2, Roblox, Resident Evil 8, RoboCop: Violence City, and Cyberpunk 2077.
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"Hades 2", "Drive Rally" and "Robulus" can stabilize 60FPS at 2816×1762 resolution
"BioShock 2: Remastered Edition" and "Resident Evil 8" can also reach 60FPS, but the resolution needs to be significantly reduced.
The performance of "Hollow Knight: Song of Silk" is a bit unusual: on the laptop's built-in screen, the average is about 56FPS, but when connected to a high refresh rate external monitor, the frame rate can exceed 100FPS.
Among the most performance-hungry games, the performances of "Shadow of the Tomb Raider", "RoboCop: Violent City" and "Cyberpunk 2077" are as follows:
"Shadow of the Tomb Raider": 1280×720 resolution (stretched from 896×584), average 42FPS
"RoboCop: Violence City": 1280×720 resolution (stretched from 896×584), about 45FPS
"Cyberpunk 2077": 1204×753 resolution (stretched from 708×443), about 40FPS
In addition, in the test conducted by foreign media tomshardware, the built-in benchmark test score of "Cyberpunk 2077" was 33FPS.
ETA Prime's testing proves that even Apple's entry-level MacBook is capable of running PC games (even AAA masterpieces) - provided you are willing to make significant compromises in image quality. At the same time, this also shows that the hardware performance of modern iPhones is enough to support the running of PC games, because MacBook Neo uses the A18 Pro chip instead of the traditional M series processor.
Currently, PC emulators are developing rapidly on the Android platform, and a more mature experience can already be achieved on mobile phones equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon flagship chips (such as the Red Magic 11 Pro). But in comparison, the iPhone is still at a clear disadvantage in terms of PC simulation support.
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