I think when the new M1 Pro/Max based laptops came out it was deemed that much of the performance Apple was claiming was due to the media engine helping acceler

I think when the new M1 Pro/Max based laptops came out it was deemed that much of the performance Apple was claiming was due to the media engine helping accelerate the hard stuff in FCPX (and Premiere, IIRC). So it’s really good compared to the 3080 for per watt performance in creative work, but if you aren’t transcoding and especially if you aren’t optimized for using Metal, it’s not as great (but still good, 1050 ish performance with no fan is magical).