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But this device wasn't built for use cases where power consumption doesn't matter. The M1 MacPro will give us a sense for how the M* design scales to those sor

• eloff 6y ago
  I care how it compares to other products on the market for my use case. It doesn't matter what it's built for. This is a relevant comparison from that perspective.
  • scoopertrooper 6y ago
    That's cool, you shouldn't buy one if you care about portability. I personally love not being tethered to my desk, so I haven't really owned a desktop in a decade. The M1 for me was just so perfect I had to jump out and buy one!
• AnthonyMouse 6y ago
  > But this device wasn't built for use cases where power consumption doesn't matter. This makes less difference than you'd think, because power consumption matters all over. If you use too much power you get high temperatures and have to clock down to avoid overheating. The core designs for desktops and laptops are basically the same. The desktops use more power because it allows them to hold higher clock speeds -- the base clock of the 4800U (8C, 10W) is 1.8GHz, the base clock of the 3945WX (12C, 280W) is 4.0GHz. This is also why desktops and laptops have about the same single thread performance. Running a single core at full speed is within the laptop power budget.