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Interestingly that devices on M1, per geekbench scores, all have basically identical performance. So in the end, M1 Mini, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro differ onl
by Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
Interestingly that devices on M1, per geekbench scores, all have basically identical performance. So in the end, M1 Mini, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro differ only in the number of ports and the availability of a built-in display.
- noiv 5y agoWell, and in number of cores, battery life, acoustics, Watts, and some more....
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoThe point is only about processing power. Previously, mini/air/pro lines on Intel all had wildly varying performance. Now many of Apple devices share identical processors and do not differ in this regard. (Of course there are now models with differen processors from the latest generation of products, but i wasn't talking about them)
- pschastain 5y agoFor single-core performance, yes. Anything that can make use of multiple cores, no
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoMost M1 devices have indentical number of cores.
- valine 5y agoThat’s not true. The M1 has 8, the M1 pro has 10, and the M1 ultra has 20.
- Casteil 5y agoDepending on the config, the M1 Pro has 8 or 10 cores - and unlike the M1, the M1 Pro's 8 core configuration uses 6 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores vs 4 / 4
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoI was not talking about pro and ultra devices. "M1" != "M1 Pro"
- temac 5y ago> So in the end, M1 Mini, MacBook Air and *MacBook Pro* differ only in the number of ports and the availability of a built-in display. Yes you were.
- bombcar 5y agohttps://www.apple.com/macbook-pro-13/ https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro-13/ has the M1.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoNo, I was not. I even did a table last time I shopped for new devices for our developers: Model Processor Geekbench multi/single core score MacMini (2020) M1, 8 cores 7782/1747 MacBook Air M1 M1, 8 cores 7618/1734 MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2020) M1, 8 cores 7739/1753 iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) M1, 8 cores 7660/1742 2021 models do come with M1 Pro processors come with 8 and 10 cores, and have 9900 and 11700 multicore score respectively, but I was not talking about them.
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- Tagbert 5y agoIt’s easy for people to make this assumption since all of the Apple Silicon chips are “M1” but some are “M1++”. It helps to avoid that misunderstanding by talking about baseline M1 or non-pro M1 chips.
- wmf 5y agoArguably this is a drawback of M1; it can't use more than ~20W even if you have more power and cooling available.
- jotm 5y agoI don't see why that would be the case on a hardware level. Unlocking power limit (and maybe voltage) controls would be nice if just to see how far it can be pushed. Intel had unlocked TDP/TPL on many i7 chips and lower end models had exactly the same performance as higher end models (assuming equal core/thread/cache count) heh
- Tagbert 5y agofor the baseline M1 that is true, though the Air can do throttling under sustained load since it does not have any fans for active cooling.