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Not disputing what you're saying on instruction decoding but there is a lot of other stuff on an x86 processor that Apple hasn't needed or chosen to implement:

Not disputing what you're saying on instruction decoding but there is a lot of other stuff on an x86 processor that Apple hasn't needed or chosen to implement: 32bit, AVX, legacy SIMD, legacy modes, Intel Management Engine plus probably a more complex instruction set. Individually these may not make a difference but add them all up ....

runeks 6y ago
> Individually these may not make a difference but add them all up .... ... and it still may not make a difference.
- klelatti 6y ago
  I have AVX512 on my laptop. Is it used by any software I use? No. Does it take up a lot of die area? Definitely.