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This article mistakenly calls the M2 a 4c/8t part. However, the M2 (and M1) have 8 physical cores with no SMT, which makes them 8c/8t. 4 of the 8 cores are perf
by nbf_1995 4y ago
This article mistakenly calls the M2 a 4c/8t part. However, the M2 (and M1) have 8 physical cores with no SMT, which makes them 8c/8t. 4 of the 8 cores are performance (big) cores while 4 are efficiency cores. This makes the comparison less unbalanced than other commenters have said.
Also comparing both on linux when one is having active work done to port linux to it also makes the entire comparison dubious at best, just like most of phoronix's articles.
- moondev 4y ago> Also comparing both on linux when one is having active work done to port linux to it also makes the entire comparison dubious at best, just like most of phoronix's articles. Perhaps we could use these numbers to measure progress on the m2+ linux port and m2+ linux performance?
- nbf_1995 4y agoCertainly, there is great work being done by the Asahi team. I'm sure Phoronix will return next year and post an article measuring the year over year gains on Asahi
- moondev 4y agoGreat work by Phoronix as well posting the initial results, as well as creating the open-source test suite so anyone can run it on their own hardware any time they would like.
- freemint 4y agoThey are using the same naming convention Intel uses for their machines where the small core do not count as core but as thread.
- nbf_1995 4y agoIntel's new chips have performance cores with 2 threads and efficiency cores with 1 thread. However, the efficiency cores are still cores. Take a look at their docs for the 1240P https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/132221/intel-core-i51240p-processor-12m-cache-up-to-4-40-ghz.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/132221/... P cores: 4, E cores: 8, total cores: 12, total threads: 16.