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High performance doing what? Everyone in high-performance computing is using Linux, my dude. Unless you're a studio who needs specific Mac workflows, or maybe y
by andrewmcwatters 2y ago
High performance doing what? Everyone in high-performance computing is using Linux, my dude. Unless you're a studio who needs specific Mac workflows, or maybe you're doing LLM work?
Great perf-to-watt, but absolutely locked down so you can't do anything meaningful in the embedded space. I'm not over here mounting a max specced Mac Mini just to get that perf-to-watt.
We're using low TDP x86-64 when we need that.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agobuilding Ardour (.org) from source: 16 core Ryzen Threadripper 2950X: 9min M3 macbook pro: 4min Pretty meaningful when your life revolves around building Ardour.
- jeffbee 2y agoSure, but isn't that just comparing an obsolete CPU against a state-of-the-art CPU? I can't see attributing that to the ISA. A scratch, optimized build of Ardour on a Ryzen 9 9950X takes 1m51s.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agothe machine is less than 4 years old! anyway, the point was about the obsolesence or other of the ISA. It was about the claim that various versions of apple silicon are no good for performance, only for perf-per-watt or some related variance.
- Rohansi 2y ago2018 vs 2023 CPUs targetting entirely different segments.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoOh, I suspect they target exactly the same segments. The expectations of those segments have moved, however.
- jeffbee 2y agoI agree with your second point, but misstating the age of a 6-year-old CPU as 4 years old will tend to throw off the equations, considering how fast this field moves. I would also note that the Zen/Zen+ CPUs were truly awful. Ryzen and EPYC did not have a good implementation until Zen 2.