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I’m not an expert in this but my “does that feel right wrong” sense isn’t going off Pixel 5 is 2-3 years old. CPUs aren’t doubling in speed every 2 years, but
by sharkjacobs 3y ago
I’m not an expert in this but my “does that feel right wrong” sense isn’t going off
Pixel 5 is 2-3 years old. CPUs aren’t doubling in speed every 2 years, but let’s very generously say we expect current designs to be 4x faster than 2-3 year old equivalent.
Apple silicon is faster than other ARM chips, so if we imagine that’s another 2x we’re up to 8x
Common wisdom is that “real computers” are faster than phones, but the difference between the A16 and M2 is less than 2x for multi core, and much much less for single core benchmarks. Rounding up, another 2x is 16x
Maybe there are characteristics of the two devices which make this more surprising, I’d be interested to learn more.