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If the M1 can do at 10W what others can do at 45 to 100W, then yes, ARM seems to be the only way. Sadly there is no news of competition. Nothing from Intel/AMD
by anoncow 6y ago
If the M1 can do at 10W what others can do at 45 to 100W, then yes, ARM seems to be the only way.
Sadly there is no news of competition. Nothing from Intel/AMD or even Qualcomm. Microsoft's ARM attempts to take on Chromebook seem so feeble now.
- izacus 6y agoM1 certanly doesn't draw 10W (the tests has shown that it'll pull way more than that on some devices) - and if you see per core power draw the Zen3 and M1 architectures are within 15-20% which can be attributed to the 7nm vs. 5nm manufacturing process. Remember that AMD is fabricating their CPUs at the same fab than Apple does - they're not crippled by obsolete manufacturing process like Intel. This is why these articles are such puff pieces - they're focusing on Intel, which has fallen behind by quite a lot and completely ignoring the major changes that also happened on x86-64 front.
- my123 6y agoApple M1 eats way less than that per-core, topping out at 6.6W on libquantum: https://twitter.com/andreif7/status/1328775201677565952?s=20 https://twitter.com/andreif7/status/1328775201677565952?s=20 In Cinebench ST, it's 3.4W per core only... With CPU _and_ GPU fully saturated: https://twitter.com/andreif7/status/1328820823877095425?s=20 https://twitter.com/andreif7/status/1328820823877095425?s=20 32.6W
- izacus 6y agoLast I checked the Zen3 Ryzens drew around 7-8W per core as well, which isn't a massive power draw difference.