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You can get their MacBook Retina with low TDP cpu's already (A1534 model). Reality is - usage experience is hardly acceptable, everything is way too slow. Inte

You can get their MacBook Retina with low TDP cpu's already (A1534 model). Reality is - usage experience is hardly acceptable, everything is way too slow. Intel seems to be way above everyone in pushing performance/TDP. Apple might have comparable CPU's in iPhones, but they are only comparable for first 10 seconds - then they overheat and throttle. If we put good cooling on their CPU's then you have TDP in 15+ watt class which means poor battery life regardless of who made the CPU (Intel or Apple). The only reason why all of this works with iOS in a first place is super insane power awareness on OS level: as soon as an app is not in view it basically stops almost all work (except for background handlers), and also their browser capabilities are very limited. To achieve 20h+ class of performance on laptops we either must accommodate the same principles (but hey that will probably kill almost any background web apps, like soundcloud) or invent better battery tech :(

ksec 9y ago
The A10X in iPad Pro is pretty damn good, and it doesn't throttle as much as in the old Ax SoC. So I think A10X is close or already on par with Intel's low TDP CPU. Then you have to realize on Intel's roadmap, there is nothing substantial changes in the next two years at those TDP SKUs apart from 10nm. While Apple already has A11x lined up and 7nm from TSMC. First time Apple and Intel SoC has Fab features size parity.