This is a solid set of productivity, gaming and power consumption tests, showing the M1 Pro in comparison to the best 35W and 45W laptop CPUs from Intel and AMD

This is a solid set of productivity, gaming and power consumption tests, showing the M1 Pro in comparison to the best 35W and 45W laptop CPUs from Intel and AMD. The short take is that it is competitive in productivity, still falling short in gaming (mostly due to a lack of support), and amazing in efficiency. Which we pretty much already knew. But it also shows that it is competitive with these laptop CPUs, while not destroying them in performance, though it is well ahead in some tasks like code compilation. The efficiency is beyond compare, though. And anyone who could buy this for anything other than gaming, and get cutting edge performance. This is one of the few comparisons I've seen that focused on comparing the Macbook Pro to Intel/AMD rather than just past Intel-based Macbook Pros, though it does include a relatively comparable CPU (to Intel-based Macbooks) in the tests as well. They also have a written version of the article for those that prefer to read rather than watch. https://www.techspot.com/review/2357-apple-m1-pro/ https://www.techspot.com/review/2357-apple-m1-pro/