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Because Apple have made the first one that has real world performance gains over mid-range x86 processors on native apps, built an x86 emulation layer that deli
by breakfastduck 6y ago
Because Apple have made the first one that has real world performance gains over mid-range x86 processors on native apps, built an x86 emulation layer that delivers close-to-native performance AND delivered a huge uplift in battery life over even lower powered x86 devices.
I think you're trying as hard as possible to convince yourself Apple haven't done anything special here, but that just isn't true.
- forgotpwd16 6y ago>real world performance gains over mid-range x86 processors on native apps Does it? As I said, I ain't keeping up with hardware news. >I think you're trying as hard as possible to convince yourself Apple haven't done anything special here, but that just isn't true. I didn't say that. I specifically referred to calling it a revolution. If what you mentioned above is true then it will be one.
- sgerenser 6y agoIn some benchmarks the M1 is faster than any other laptop CPU you can buy (and even when it loses it’s usually close and runs at significantly lower wattage). In many single-threaded benchmarks (web/Javascript stuff for example) it’s faster than any x86 CPU you can buy.
- Rapzid 6y agoI haven't been keeping up either. How does the M1 compare price wise to all the other laptop CPUs you can buy? Aren't the newest processors always the fastest?
- macintux 6y agoM1 isn't for sale except as part of an SOC in Apple hardware, so there's no way to compare prices directly. And it isn't just that the Apple hardware is some of the fastest available, it's that it does so with far lower power requirements. That's the really significant piece to all this.
- breakfastduck 6y agoThe newest passively cooled super thin notebook ARM chips are not usually faster than Intels flagship chips, no. But this is.