> Doesn't prioritizing efficiency and thermals make sense for any device? Intel did just ship 14th Gen Core i9 chips with a 400 watt power draw under load and

> Doesn't prioritizing efficiency and thermals make sense for any device? Intel did just ship 14th Gen Core i9 chips with a 400 watt power draw under load and very little in the way of a performance gain. > In some areas, the extra clock speeds available on the Core i9-14900K show some benefit, but generally speaking, it won't make much difference in most areas. The most significant win performance for the Core i9-14900K came in CineBench R23 MT... the Core i9-14900K sits 6% ahead in this benchmark https://www.anandtech.com/show/21084/intel-core-i9-14900k-core-i7-14700k-and-core-i5-14600k-review-raptor-lake-refreshed/15 https://www.anandtech.com/show/21084/intel-core-i9-14900k-co... Having your best benchmark result only see a 6% gain in return for a more than 400 watt power draw makes it pretty clear that just as with the Pentium IV of old, Intel isn't on a sustainable path. It also makes the M3's 20% performance gain along side efficiency gains look pretty darn good in comparison.