The Apple A10 is trouncing lower-end Intel kit already. The version of this story I saw was based on Geekbench scores. Browsing Geekbench results, I noticed th

The Apple A10 is trouncing lower-end Intel kit already. The version of this story I saw was based on Geekbench scores. Browsing Geekbench results, I noticed that identical CPUs had scores that varied by huge amounts, as much as 2x. That may be a reflection of a real phenomenon, but it's not what I expect from a "CPU benchmark." Geekbench also claims to model real-world applications, and I wonder what that means for comparing a phone and a laptop. Obviously there aren't so many apps that run the same way on both platforms. I wouldn't have any trouble believing, for example, that the CPU and video display system on a phone were superbly and efficiently integrated, far more so than in a desktop or laptop, and that would show up in an application benchmark. But I'd be surprised if a phone CPU can really get through many threads of branchy code faster than a big high-consumption part with giant caches can. Anyway, I'm dubious about the Geekbench thing and I wonder if there are other measurements you have in mind.