I took the chart from the website you picked. Here’s a full comparison between M1 Max and the 1950x: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/10837819?base

I took the chart from the website you picked. Here’s a full comparison between M1 Max and the 1950x: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/10837819?baseline=10630572 https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/10837819?baseli... The M1 Max is ahead by leaps and bounds on many tests despite the synthetic score being close. And these only tell half the story. In all the reviews I’ve seen so far, it consistently beats the iMac Pro by up to 2x-4x in real word tasks. Mind you, the original M1 chip already beat many high-end desktops, so this is not surprising at all. Even if the cpu was that cheap: $600 cpu + $200 mobo + $100 ram + $100 ssd + $50 power supply + $600 rtx 2060 That’s the best machine you can put together with ~$1500 and it will be absolutely smoked by the M1 Pro/Max. Then you can try to find a mini-led 4k 120hz monitor, peripherals, mic and speakers, all for < $1000 (hint: impossible)… and still not be able to run on batteries or pack it in a bag.