How UL's Wild Life benchmark invites misleading PC vs. iPhone comparisons
Now that Apple has announced a new iPhone, and the company is apparently planning to show off its Arm-based MacBooks mid-November, you can expect to see these clickbait headlines soon:
"iPhone 12 is faster than Intel-based MacBook."
"Newest iPhone faster than fastest Windows ultrabook."
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"Arm-based MacBook twice as fast as x86-MacBook"
Of course, phone and laptop performance matterbut context matters, too. That's why it's important to understand how UL Futuremark's new 3DMark Wild Life Benchmark works. Touted as cross-platform test, Wild Life can be run on Android, iOS and Windows. You can download it now to run on your phone or tablet for free. Windows users who have the Advanced Edition will get it as a free update from UL, Steam or the Green Man Gaming store.
