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Re:16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world... by bydo on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @03:32PM (#25129405)
How about compiling WebKit?

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/webkit-com...

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Re:16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world... by oarsinsync on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:48AM (#25135316)
It's a shame we have a headline proudly announcing that the M1 is 2x faster, when the reality is it's about 8% faster when doing a similar real world test for longer.

What's also hugely impressive is that under better cooling conditions, it's also 25% faster.

None of these numbers capture headlines like 2x sadly, but that's still massively impressive.

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Re:16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world... by floatingatoll on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @03:44PM (#25129562)
For those without context, WebKit apparently takes 30+ minutes to compile, as of (2018) Intel:

https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2018/02/17/on-compiling-w...

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