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Re:16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world... by spullara on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @03:18PM (#25129206)
The price of the 5950X is nearly the same as the Mac Mini. Estimates on actual cost of the M1 is around $75-100.
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Re:16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world... by The_Colonel on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @03:32PM (#25129404)
They could have used 5600X with virtually the same single core performance as well.

You also can't compare manufacturing cost and retail cost. But given AMD cores are both smaller and manufactured on older process, it's probably safe to assume AMD ones are cheaper to manufacture.

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