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This is inaccurate, the performance gains over intel 9 Macbook Pro on the higher end Mac Pro's (Max and Ultra) are not incremental. Depending on the task it can
by dbspin 4y ago
This is inaccurate, the performance gains over intel 9 Macbook Pro on the higher end Mac Pro's (Max and Ultra) are not incremental. Depending on the task it can be twice as fast (e.g.: real time video editing of heigh bit depth, high resolution video). But a general boost in overall performance is visible in even synthetic benchmarks - e.g.: from 1250 to 1745 in Geekbench. A 43% increase. Moreover a perceived boost to performance was notable to even the most casual users in boot time, general OS responsiveness and file copying between the intel and M1 generations. I agree that it's not reasonable to expect this to continue as M1 develops.
https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks
- Maursault 4y ago> This is inaccurate, the performance gains over intel 9 Macbook Pro on the higher end Mac Pro's (Max and Ultra) are not incremental. You are comparing apples and oranges. Within specific model releases, MacBook Pro vs next MacBook Pro, Mac Pro vs. next Mac Pro, and every single other Apple model release compared to it's previous and subsequent releases, the performance gains have always been incremental. I don't understand how anyone could expect it to be otherwise.
- ddulaney 4y agoIf you say that Intel MacBook Pro is a different product category from Arm MacBook Pro, then yes, gains are incremental within a product category. The parent is arguing that really, these are the same product category. If you bought, say, a middle-of-the-road MacBook Pro every time a new one was announced, you’d see a huge jump in performance (more than just incremental) when moving from Intel to M1, then a return to incremental improvement from M1 to M2. I’m pretty convinced by them. I think that Apple has done such a good job of compatibility that all MacBook Pros are essentially the same product category. And the M1 performance improvement really was a step change over Intel.
- Maursault 4y agoNo, that's not what I am saying. > gains over intel 9 Macbook Pro on the higher end Mac Pro's I'm saying you can't compare a MBP to a Mac Pro, like you tried to do, because that wasn't my claim. My claim is that the first Apple Silicon MBP was only an incremental increase in performance from the last Intel MBP. And I am saying this is true, within specific model lines, for everything Apple ever released. And I don’t have specific knowledge of this, but I would assume it is true for every other computer and platform, that each subsequent generation of model is a little faster than the last, and not twice as fast or even 50% faster.
- klelatti 4y ago> My claim is that the first Apple Silicon MBP was only an incremental increase in performance from the last Intel MBP. Do you have anything to support this claim because all the benchmarks I’ve seen say something quite different.
- fiddlerwoaroof 4y agoYeah, Intel->Apple Silicon was one of the biggest improvements I can remember.
- Maursault 4y agoless than 35% performance increase, in fact.
- lostlogin 4y agoHave you compared the Air? The first Arm versus the last Intel? Base model versus base model. It’s an awful lot more than 35%, particularly in multi core. And it’s quiet and cool. It’s a massive generational leap. https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/macbook-air-late-2020 https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/macbook-air-late-2020