> Apple's best chips are only about 10-15% behind the performance of the top x86 desktop class CPUs, despite only using a fraction of the power. Power consumpt

> Apple's best chips are only about 10-15% behind the performance of the top x86 desktop class CPUs, despite only using a fraction of the power. Power consumption scales non-linearly with clock speed. So you're comparing two variables that are dependent on each other. If you want a meaningful comparison, you have to align one of those variables. As in, either reduce x86 to M2 Pro/Ultra/Whatever's power budget and then compare performance, or align performance and then compare power. This is especially true for the desktop class CPUs where outright performance is the name of the game at all costs. AMD & Intel are constantly throwing upwards of 50w at an extra 5% performance, because that's what drives sales - outright performance.