> The truth is desktop Zen 3 is only decently ahead of certain multi core workloads at 10x or more the wattage, Zen 3 was never really compared to M1 in multic

> The truth is desktop Zen 3 is only decently ahead of certain multi core workloads at 10x or more the wattage, Zen 3 was never really compared to M1 in multicore workloads in that Anandtech M1 article. You linked a single-core one, and Zen 3 isn't using 10x the power in that single-threaded comparison, either. Also the 27W TDP i7-1185G7 is keeping up with the also around 25w TDP M1 in spec2017 single-threaded. M1 is still faster, but more in the realm of a typical generational improvement.