Yes and no. There are many variables to take into account. An example from the early days of the PPC architecture was their ability to pre-empt instructions. Th

Yes and no. There are many variables to take into account. An example from the early days of the PPC architecture was their ability to pre-empt instructions. This gave performance boasts even in the absence of a higher clock speed. I can't speak specifically on the M1, but there are other things outside of clock speed and cores that determine speed.