Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable Mac computers

Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by WoodenChair on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @06:15PM (#25053392)

> The 2019 MBP 13 supposedly uses an 8th gen, 14nm Intel part (14nm is 6 year-old technology). A more fair comparison would be Tiger Lake (20% IPC improvement) on Intel's terrible 10nm process. The most fair comparison would be zen 3 on 7nm, but even that is still a whole node behind.

I'm not sure exactly what your point is. The fact it is IT IS on a better node. That's probably a big part of the performance picture. But, as a user I don't care if the improvement in performance is architectural or node. I just care that it's better than the competition.

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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by hajile on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @06:55PM (#25053764)

I agree, but the real question becomes whether users would prefer 11th gen Intel processors or zen 2/3 over what they're shipping now. Would you take AMD seriously if they started talking about how their 5950 beat an ancient 8th gen Intel processor? I expect a higher standard from hardware makers and don't give a free pass to anyone over that kind of shenanigan.

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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by WoodenChair on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @09:52AM (#25058833)

We'll see third party benchmarks in less than a week and then this discussion is moot.

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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by tinus_hn on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:23PM (#25054024)

Do you really? It’s nice if it’s faster (and a hard sell if it’s slower) but really most people aren’t going to do the same things on a Mac they are going to do on a Windows laptop. You can’t run Windows or Windows software on these Macs. And it’s really no use to compare for instance Office for Windows to Office for Mac.

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