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The Anandtech review[1] also compares it to the Ryzen 5980HS, which is the one you linked. The M1 Max absolutely crushes that chip as well, in some of the bench

The Anandtech review[1] also compares it to the Ryzen 5980HS, which is the one you linked. The M1 Max absolutely crushes that chip as well, in some of the benchmarks it's more than 2x better. I don't understand the argument people are making saying it doesn't make sense to compare it to a desktop chip. The point is that the M1 Max is actually outperforming desktop chips in a mobile form factor. It may eliminate the need for a separate desktop workstation for a lot of people. Other mobile chips are not competitive at all to the M1 Pro/Max currently. Even using Geekbench as the benchmark, we see that the M1 Pro multicore score is around 12650, which is 58% better than the Ryzen 9 5980HS you linked. 1. https://www.anandtech.com/show/17024/apple-m1-max-performance-review/5 https://www.anandtech.com/show/17024/apple-m1-max-performanc...

sudosysgen 5y ago
The 5980HS is a 35W part and will not sustain more than 42W for 5 minutes and then only 35W. The M1 Max's CPU alone will happily draw and sustain 62W. In other news, processor that draws more power on a more efficient process is faster. More news at seven.
- p1necone 5y ago
  The m1 max is also not actually faster in general: https://www.notebookcheck.net/M1-Max-vs-R9-5980HS-vs-M1-Pro_13843_13107_13845.247596.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/M1-Max-vs-R9-5980HS-vs-M1-Pro_... I assume SPECfp specifically scales really well with memory bandwidth/latency. Regardless, I was talking about GPU performance in my comment (because GP was talking about GPU performance) which all of the replies seem to be ignoring.
  - sudosysgen 5y ago
    Ah, if you care about GPU performance you have to compare it to a dGPU. The M1 Max GPU by itself can draw 65-70W, which makes it more power hungry than an RTX 3060 Max-Q, which is slightly more powerful (despite 8nm vs 5nm), which is a GPU you'd expect in a 1000$ computer. The one advantage of the M1 Max's GPU is more memory.

sudosysgen 5y ago

The 5980HS is a 35W part and will not sustain more than 42W for 5 minutes and then only 35W. The M1 Max's CPU alone will happily draw and sustain 62W. In other news, processor that draws more power on a more efficient process is faster. More news at seven.

p1necone 5y ago
The m1 max is also not actually faster in general: https://www.notebookcheck.net/M1-Max-vs-R9-5980HS-vs-M1-Pro_13843_13107_13845.247596.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/M1-Max-vs-R9-5980HS-vs-M1-Pro_... I assume SPECfp specifically scales really well with memory bandwidth/latency. Regardless, I was talking about GPU performance in my comment (because GP was talking about GPU performance) which all of the replies seem to be ignoring.
- sudosysgen 5y ago
  Ah, if you care about GPU performance you have to compare it to a dGPU. The M1 Max GPU by itself can draw 65-70W, which makes it more power hungry than an RTX 3060 Max-Q, which is slightly more powerful (despite 8nm vs 5nm), which is a GPU you'd expect in a 1000$ computer. The one advantage of the M1 Max's GPU is more memory.