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I’m really not that impressed by geekbench because JavaScript ran fast enough on the m1’s. I feel like the m1’s are actually fast enough for basic web browsing

I’m really not that impressed by geekbench because JavaScript ran fast enough on the m1’s. I feel like the m1’s are actually fast enough for basic web browsing. I don’t feel the emphasis put on it makes sense. What I’d love to see is more memory bandwidth but memory speeds have either stagnated for 3 years or regressed. Especially now that Apple is marketing this as a good computer for “transformers”. To me the interesting part of Apple Silicon’s is it’s ability to act as a high-vram low-compute low-bandwidth GPU given the cost. The one thing I was very impressed by was the m3 max having a 128gb memory limit. I did not expect that. The 128gb spec of the m3 max is very tempting as it feels like a very capable do-it-all computer.

wtallis 3y ago
> I’m really not that impressed by geekbench because JavaScript ran fast enough on the m1’s. I feel like the m1’s are actually fast enough for basic web browsing. I don’t feel the emphasis put on it makes sense. Do you think Geekbench is specifically a JavaScript or browser benchmark, or are you just saying that browser performance is all you care about for laptops and that you don't see any benefit from further performance increases for your use case?
rewmie 3y ago
> I feel like the m1’s are actually fast enough for basic web browsing. I was not expecting this type of comment on 2023 on a discussion on premium hardware marketed as the highest performant hardware on the market.
- tester756 3y ago
  >highest performant hardware on the market highest performant for what?
  - rewmie 3y ago
    > highest performant for what? According to Apple, their M3 products outperform everything under the sun. As a reminder, here's a link to Apple's press release. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/10/apple-unveils-m3-m3-pro-and-m3-max-the-most-advanced-chips-for-a-personal-computer/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/10/apple-unveils-m3-m3-p...

wtallis 3y ago

> I’m really not that impressed by geekbench because JavaScript ran fast enough on the m1’s. I feel like the m1’s are actually fast enough for basic web browsing. I don’t feel the emphasis put on it makes sense. Do you think Geekbench is specifically a JavaScript or browser benchmark, or are you just saying that browser performance is all you care about for laptops and that you don't see any benefit from further performance increases for your use case?

rewmie 3y ago

> I feel like the m1’s are actually fast enough for basic web browsing. I was not expecting this type of comment on 2023 on a discussion on premium hardware marketed as the highest performant hardware on the market.

tester756 3y ago
>highest performant hardware on the market highest performant for what?
- rewmie 3y ago
  > highest performant for what? According to Apple, their M3 products outperform everything under the sun. As a reminder, here's a link to Apple's press release. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/10/apple-unveils-m3-m3-pro-and-m3-max-the-most-advanced-chips-for-a-personal-computer/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/10/apple-unveils-m3-m3-p...