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Single-thread performance is barely better than a M1 MacBook Air. It takes apps that are heavily parallelized or need the memory bandwidth to actually make use
by fmajid 5y ago
Single-thread performance is barely better than a M1 MacBook Air. It takes apps that are heavily parallelized or need the memory bandwidth to actually make use of the Ultra. Few creative pro apps are that optimized, unfortunately.
- wpm 5y agoOf course it has the same single core performance, they use the same cores. We’re not gonna see single core move until the A15 based Mx comes out, presumably later this year. Honestly says a lot more about the Air than it does the Studio.
- faeriechangling 5y agoThe m1 air is still plenty zippy. Most people don't need these giant multithreaded chips all these companies keep churning out.
- Hamuko 5y agoUnfortunately the M1 is limited in professional usage by the lack of a 32 GB option, and the fact that the laptops can only handle one external display. The M1 Pro is really a better option since it provides a lot of flexibility that the M1 doesn't have, without being obscene like the M1 Ultra.
- hajile 5y agoI'm really hoping that the M2 air refresh allows 32GB. I bump the limits with 16GB a lot of the time. I could buy the 14", but I like the portability of the air.
- johnwalkr 5y agoThat says how good the M1 air is more than anything.
- saagarjha 5y agoThe people who want M1 Ultra know who they are and have workloads that can parallelize or exercise the memory bandwidth.