It's also the most wrong explanation. The actual performance efficiency between those processes isn't that drastic. The power efficiency of the M1 would come fr

It's also the most wrong explanation. The actual performance efficiency between those processes isn't that drastic. The power efficiency of the M1 would come from better IPC such that it just doesn't have to clock as high to be competitive. That's why A14 only runs at 1.8ghz base, 3ghz boost. That's how it has low power consumption. And similarly Intel pushing 5ghz is why it has high power consumption. TSMC's 5nm will have a raw transistor performance/watt advantage, but it's not huge