The Asus probably also runs hotter and requires more use of fans. And I doubt the battery will last as long on intensive tasks. A big part of the M1 performanc

The Asus probably also runs hotter and requires more use of fans. And I doubt the battery will last as long on intensive tasks. A big part of the M1 performance per watt efficiency is the SoC integrated design. I'm no motherboard designer but I think it would be nigh on impossible to replicate it using discrete component systems (which I assume is what the Asus is). Will caveat my comment here with a note that I haven't looked at comparisons for a while, only around the time the M1 was launched.