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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by wizee on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:19PM (#23606838)
The A12 draws 4W when all four big cores are maxed out. Not 4W per big core. That's 4x the performance per watt of your comparable Intel or AMD parts.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by kllrnohj on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:40PM (#23607111)
No, it pulls 4W under the single-threaded spec2006. And the A13 then actually regresses on perf/watt and hits 6W in a few tests https://www.anandtech.com/show/14892/the-apple-iphone-11-pro...

This isn't unique to Apple, either. The "big" cores in ARM CPUs have been pulling 2-4W for years and years. That's why thermal throttling is such a major issue in mobile, especially mobile games.

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