Most VR headsets require either convenience or power. Standalone headphones, such as the Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest Pro, are handy since they may be used without any other accessories. The trade-off is that they employ mobile CPUs, which are less powerful than PCs. Tethered headsets may access the full power of a gaming PC (or, in the case of the PlayStation VR2, a PlayStation 5), but they must be physically attached via a wire. Apple’s Vision Pro alters this dynamic.
The Vision Pro is driven by two Apple chips: M2 and R1. The M2 is the same System on a Chip (SoC) used in the current iPad Pro, MacBook Air, and the 2022 MacBook Pro. Apple’s new R1 chip, a specialized spatial computing engine, works with the M2 to analyze, display, and monitor your surroundings. This combination outperforms the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 in the Quest 3 and the Snapdragon XR2+ in the Quest Pro, both mobile SoCs.
The Vision Pro’s platform, visionOS, is as significant to its dual-chip architecture. VisionOS is an operating system based on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that can run a variety of iPad apps. As a result, we were able to analyze the Vision Pro’s performance using many of our regular benchmarking tools. Because of basic platform differences, we can’t exactly compare it to an iPhone, iPad, or MacBook, but our findings provide an overall picture of how the headset compares to other Apple devices.
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Vision Pro Benchmark Scores
To test its CPU performance, we loaded the iPad versions of 3DMark, Antutu, Geekbench 6, and GFXBench on the Vision Pro. Geekbench’s CPU benchmarks functioned well and produced results, however its GPU benchmarks caused the software to crash. Fortunately, the headset passed 3DMark’s testing without issue.
For Geekbench CPU benchmarks, we utilize Geekbench 6 for the latest devices and Geekbench 5.4.1 for older models. They test in a comparable manner and provide output numbers in the same format, allowing us to compare them directly.
We also conduct the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme and GFXBench Aztec 1440p tests to assess 3D performance across a wide range of platforms. We’ve mainly stopped using Antutu in our testing of newer phones and tablets, but we did use it to test the iPhone 15 and the iPad Pro, so we included it here as well.
Starting with Geekbench 6, which rates raw CPU power, the Vision Pro scored 2,444 on the single-core test and 7,845 on the multi-core test. It got 6,058 in the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme test, and a frame rate of 90fps in the GFXBench Aztec High-Tier 1440p Offscreen test. While we haven’t used it to test many devices in the last year, we also ran Antutu on the Vision Pro and it got a score of 2,021,940.
The chart above displays the Vision Pro’s benchmark scores in comparison to numerous other Apple tablets and MacBooks. As you can see, it performs similarly to the 2022 iPad Pro, particularly for single-core, and just slightly less than the 2023 MacBook Air. Unsurprisingly, an M2 Max-powered 2023 MacBook Pro outperforms everything else, but the Vision Pro’s speed is equivalent to that of an iPad Pro or a MacBook Air.
Don’t Forget About the R1
Keep in mind that the aforementioned benchmark scores for the Vision Pro do not represent the complete picture. That’s because the benchmark applications don’t fill up the entire screen on the headset. As iPad applications, they operate in floating windows that may be moved and enlarged.
In other words, the Vision Pro was not only showing these programs, but also tracking my eyes and hands as I interacted with the operating system. On any other device, the benchmarks would be full-screen applications. On the Vision Pro, they exist as virtual objects in three dimensions. Taking all into account, it’s incredible that the benchmark figures are still comparable to an iPad Pro or a MacBook Air.
This accomplishment is accomplished owing to Apple’s R1 processor, which works in tandem with the M2. This unique CPU controls the Vision Pro’s spatial functions; it analyzes your surroundings, manages eye and hand tracking, and transmits footage from external cameras to the internal display with a latency of only 12 milliseconds. It handles information from a dozen cameras and five additional sensors, allowing the M2 to focus on running the operating system and apps.
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Though it’s not Apple’s fastest CPU, the M2 gives the Vision Pro a significant boost in power over any Meta Quest headset. Additionally, it offers almost double the performance of an iPad Pro or MacBook Air while enabling you to organize programs as 3D objects around you because to the combined spatial processing power of the R1 processor.
The Vision Pro’s processing power, along with its innovative eye and hand tracking control mechanism, making it one of the most amazing headsets we’ve ever examined.
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