It doesn't really matter. They're both fast and you're aren't really going to notice or care for most workloads. I go between an M3 Max 30-core GPU system and a

It doesn't really matter. They're both fast and you're aren't really going to notice or care for most workloads. I go between an M3 Max 30-core GPU system and an i5-12600K and 99% of the time I don't really discern a notable performance difference (although some of that 1% is "whoah!"). Apple Silicon processors are generally much faster than equivalent AMD and Intel laptop processors. Which OS matters more to you? If Linux, then use Intel. If macOS, then use Apple Silicon. Linux runs well enough on M1 processors, but you should not buy an M1 for Linux alone. Linux does not yet run on the newest Apple Silicon processors.