A nit: If we're saying memory size is 64GB, that's in HEDT and workstation territory, so let's look at memory bandwidth of, e.g., M1 Max or Ultra at 400-800GB/s

A nit: If we're saying memory size is 64GB, that's in HEDT and workstation territory, so let's look at memory bandwidth of, e.g., M1 Max or Ultra at 400-800GB/s (so factor of 400,000-800,000). "Whereas M1 Max had 16 LPDDR5-6400 channels for a total of 408GB/second of memory bandwidth, M1 Ultra doubles that to 32 LPDDR5 channels and 800GB/second of memory bandwidth." [1] Realistically, there were plenty of higher end systems in the early 80s with more than 64K of RAM as well, so maybe more fair to compare to the specs of, an Apple IIe to a M1 Ultra Mac Studio as a sort of common denominator (similarly priced, given inflation). Problem then is that systems in the early 80s didn't include a hard drive, so you're looking at a $3,500 add-on (in 2022 dollars) just to get to parity in terms of computer features we now consider basic requirements. With that extra $3,500 we're in territory looking something more like this: Memory size: 64K 128GB factor of 2,000,000 Memory bandwidth: 1MB/sec 800GB/sec factor of 800,000 Instructions/sec: 500,000 10 billion/core 20,000 per core Disk size: 5M 8TB factor of 1,600,000 Magnetic disk speed: 150K/sec 500MB/sec factor of just 3,300 [2] Actual drives compared: 150K/sec 7.5GB/sec factor of 50,000 1: https://www.anandtech.com/show/17306/apple-announces-m1-ultra-combining-two-m1-maxes-for-even-more-performance 2: https://www.storagereview.com/news/seagate-exos-2x14-hdd-delivers-524mb-s