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Undoubtedly a solid chip, specially for its performance per watt, but Intel's new i7-1280P performed better in comparison[1]. It'll be interesting in the coming
by nreece 4y ago
Undoubtedly a solid chip, specially for its performance per watt, but Intel's new i7-1280P performed better in comparison[1]. It'll be interesting in the coming months to see fresher benchmarks of M2 vs Intel 12th-gen vs AMD Ryzen.
[1] https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-XPS-13-Plus-with-i7-1280P-thrashes-Apple-MacBook-Pro-13-with-M1-in-unfair-comparison-of-premium-13-inch-laptops.616566.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-XPS-13-Plus-with-i7-1280P...
- foldr 4y agoIn a laptop that, according to the article, is louder, hotter, and with a much shorter battery life.
- Aaargh20318 4y agoThat's an 6p/8e core machine vs. a 4p/4e core machine, not exactly a fair comparison. A better comparison would be against an M1 Pro or Max, with 8p/2e cores. Some quick Googling shows that the M1 Pro/Max outperforms that Intel part by some margin.
- MrRiddle 4y agoAll while my M1 Pro is in the laptop with which I have yet to experience a sound of fans running.
- hu3 4y agoAnd I'm skeptical that the Intel can be 48% faster as this chart implies: https://i.imgur.com/uelXzJ7.png https://i.imgur.com/uelXzJ7.png
- fomine3 4y agoXPS13 weight is 1.23kg that is almost identical to MacBook Air , and size is similar, so still valid comparison.