>a 12th Gen i3 is not massively far from an M1 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/4746vs4754vs4765vs4104/Intel-i3-12300-vs-Intel-i3-1215U-vs-Intel-i5-1235U-v

>a 12th Gen i3 is not massively far from an M1 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/4746vs4754vs4765vs4104/Intel-i3-12300-vs-Intel-i3-1215U-vs-Intel-i5-1235U-vs-Apple-M1-8-Core-3200-MHz https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/4746vs4754vs4765vs4104/... 1215U (accounting for the overwhelming majority of "12th gen i3" laptops) is about 75% of the performance of the lowest-tier M1, so I suppose that's in the ballpark. Performance-per-watt is still night and day, though, with both i3 laptop chips ranging from 15W base to 55W turbo, and M1 ranging from 7W to <30W.