Performance

The first benchmark tests of Apple's new M2 Pro Apple silicon chip reveal that it's actually faster than Apple's old M1 Max chip, a remarkable achievement.The first benchmark (opens in new tab)of the new M2 Pro chip, as spotted by MacRumors (opens in new tab), has surfaced on Geekbench. Tested Wednesday, a new 'Mac14, 12' appears to show a new Apple M2 Mac mini with the M2 Pro chip, specifically the 12-core CPU version with 16GB of unified memory.It clocked a single-core score of 1952 and a multi-core score of 15013.…

Introducing the MAE and MSE of “relative” performance metricsPhoto: William Warby on Unsplash.In the forecasting world, and the ML and Statistics worlds more generally, performance metrics play a critical role.They’re used during model fitting, hyperparameter tuning and model selection to find the best possible model for your data; and they are used to understand and explain how well your model predicts the future, in absolute terms.In this post, my aim is to convince you that for many forecasting¹ problems, you should…

iQoo 11 5G is the first flagship Android smartphone of 2023 to arrive in India. The phone is a successor to the iQoo 9T, which launched last year. Positioned as the world's fastest Android smartphone, the iQoo 11 5G features Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. The phone also packs premium hardware such as a 2K AMOLED display, a 50-megapixel primary camera, and support for 120W fast charging.The new handset has received some 'pro' features but as they say, upgrades come at a cost. The iQoo 11 5G is far more…

Samsung is gearing up for its first major in-person Galaxy Unpacked event since 2020 in a couple of weeks. The upcoming event on February 1 will see it launch the Galaxy S23 series flagship smartphones and a bunch of laptops. Ahead of the big event, the company’s head of mobile business TM Roh has teased that the new flagships will set new performance standards in the smartphone industry.Samsung executive talks about Galaxy S23 performance boost ahead of launchIn an editorial published on Samsung Newsroom earlier today,…

Imagine this: A small business owner, relying on Google Ads to make sales on his Shopify store, has had his livelihood crushed by Performance Max in two months. Sales are practically zero, cost per conversion is up 20x ($6 to $120), yet his Optimization Score is at 100%. It’s a real and unfortunate situation that contradicts Google’s stance that their automation makes online advertising easier. In fact, it illustrates how desperately the PPC advertising community needs better…

While the likes of the Apple Watch may dominate the field in Apple-land, there’s still plenty of room for alternatives, regardless of smartphone platform. Many of these competitors, like Garmin and Polar, focus largely on health and fitness — and the latest of these is the new Polar Ignite 3. The Polar Ignite 3 makes some big changes compared to the Polar Ignite 2. However, it also gets a raised price tag that puts it up against some serious competition — including the Garmin Venu 2 and the Apple Watch SE.…

Samsung's CEO, TM Roh, came up with a blog post ahead of the Unpacked event on February 1, where we'll see the Galaxy S23 series' debut. It talks the company's plans for the future, promises new performance standards and environmental commitment. In the post, TM Roh talks about new performance standards, not only in terms of raw performance but also when it comes to camera capabilities. He says that the new Galaxy S23 series will deliver an even smarter, more refined camera experience made possible through various…

If you’re looking to buy a new laptop or desktop PC, one with an SSD is highly recommended. It’s much faster and more reliable than HDD or eMMC, the other main storage standards. But what if the slow speeds you were hoping to avoid are still happening on a device with an SSD? It may be hardware-related, but there are also some things you can try on the software side. We’re using Windows 11 for the purposes of this tutorial, but most of the settings mentioned are also available on Windows 10. Here’s what you…

Samsung’s first smartphone chipset in partnership with AMD, the Exynos 2200, supports raytracing. It is a new graphics rendering method that calculates how light rays travel to offer a more accurate representation of lights, shadows, and reflections. However, there was no way to measure the Exynos 2200’s raytracing performance back then. A recently released benchmark called In Vitro can measure raytracing performance. It has revealed some surprising results. The folks over at Android Authority were able to get their…

Tesla has sneakily downgraded its performance breaks on the Model Y Performance and even put a cover to hide the change in a deceptive move. When going from a Model Y Long Range to Model Y Performance, the biggest difference is arguably the performance brakes. You also get faster acceleration and higher top speed, but those are basically software unlocked since the powertrain in the vehicles is virtually the same. There are also bigger wheels, but that’s a positive or negative, depending…