All that performance for what though?
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Not fan of Apple (the company), but their single thread CPU performance has been industry leading for quiet some time.
Apple has always been selective as to how they compare their newest chips. You've always been able to get the equivalent performance for about half to a third of the price, or between 2 and 10 times the performance for the same price, depending on the type of computationally intensive task.
And by performance, I don't mean single thread, as that hasn't been a limiting factor for quite som time.
Don't get me wrong. For traveling, and doing software development, it's the only manufacturer that has managed to make laptops that don't need to be connected to an outlet within an hour or two. I don't know any better, at least.
Congrats, now you can run your walled garden apps that little bit faster.
Gaming focused Apple TV may be announced next month
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Apple have consistently made impressive chips for years, maybe Tim Cook is an alien with future tech.
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That’s pretty cool. In a mobile chip, very impressive.
Not surprising when you have closed architecture and have no problems replacing your entire system for any kind of an upgrade.
Raw performance comparisons between something like a Ryzen 9 and Apple silicon is misleading. It's not wrong nor is it a "scam", it's just not taking many important differences into account.
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GeekBench was never a reliable benchmark, Tom.
Still not as much as the 500% increase in autocratic support to a fascist regime.
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