I use Xcode on some fairly large projects and "upgraded" from a maxed out 2018 MBP (i9, 32GB) to an M1 Air (16GB). It's faster and more responsive in every way.

I use Xcode on some fairly large projects and "upgraded" from a maxed out 2018 MBP (i9, 32GB) to an M1 Air (16GB). It's faster and more responsive in every way. Especially under load The most noticeable things for Xcode are: - Iterating is faster, the build-run loop is much quicker so it feels lighter when you make code changes - Indexing and autocomplete is very quick. Noticeably better than the MBP I also use Android Studio and it's definitely not as quick or smooth as Xcode. But it never was on my old Intel machine either. The UI seems to lag under load and navigating a large code-base just feels a bit more clunky due to lag on character input and opening files Android Studio feels about the same as it did on my i9 as the M1