Monday November 14, 2022 9:58 americium PST by

The third-generation Apple TV 4K released earlier this period is equipped with a binned mentation of the A15 Bionic spot with 1 CPU halfway disabled, according to the website FlatpanelsHD, citing accusation from the TV Info app for tvOS.

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The reappraisal claims the A15 Bionic has a five-core CPU successful the caller Apple TV, whereas the spot has a six-core CPU successful iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 models.

Despite having a binned CPU and a fanless design, the website recovered the caller Apple TV to beryllium astir 40% faster and throttle little than the erstwhile Apple TV 4K with the A12 Bionic chip. The reappraisal said the caller Apple TV is overmuch faster than previous-generation consoles similar the Xbox One, but the PS5 inactive pulls up successful multi-core benchmark testing.

While not confirmed, the study besides suspects that the Apple TV uses a mentation of the A15 Bionic with a four-core GPU, compared to a five-core GPU successful iPhone 13 Pro models. Apple's streaming container inactive lags down fashionable consoles successful graphics performance, but the reappraisal said it is "starting to get to a constituent wherever Xbox One and PS4 games should, successful theory, beryllium playable connected Apple TV without excessively galore compromises."

Apple says GPU show is up to 30% faster connected the caller Apple TV compared to the erstwhile generation, but determination are nary GPU benchmark apps for tvOS.

The reappraisal pointed retired that the Apple TV lone offers a constricted fig of games that instrumentality afloat vantage of the A15 Bionic's capabilities, truthful the instrumentality remains acold from a "console killer," but the show boosts could acceptable the signifier for a bigger gaming push.

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