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Intel Core i3 is to Apple M3, i5 is to M3 Pro, i7 is to M3 Max, and i9 is to M3 Ultra. If you think an i3 is "meh", you know nothing about computers. For the v
by Dalewyn 3y ago
Intel Core i3 is to Apple M3, i5 is to M3 Pro, i7 is to M3 Max, and i9 is to M3 Ultra.
If you think an i3 is "meh", you know nothing about computers. For the vast majority of users including gamers, an i3 is overkill.
- rbanffy 3y agoI don't know which benchmarks you are using, but if you look at something like this: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/laptop.html https://www.cpubenchmark.net/laptop.html you can see there is no i3 outperforming a base M3 and while some i7's and i9's (and Ryzen's) outperform even the top M3, it's only so because of core-count (at the expense of increased TDP and shorter battery life).
- Dalewyn 3y agoI'm talking about their tiers as merchandise. i3 is to Ryzen 3 is to M* (eg: M1, M2, etc.). They are all the lowest tier of their respective premium class of merchandise. And regardless of benchmarks, an i3 will overkill any workload the average man will ask of it. You do realize an i3 has 4 hyperthreaded cores these days?