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Re:Apple M1 MacBook vs. PC Desktop Workstation for Adobe Cre... by aspyct on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @09:28AM (#25198690)
Actually they do clarify that they are not comparing similarly priced systems. But yes, that could have been made more obvious.

Also they compare the apple silicon performances to older systems as well, to have a better comparison point. But again, they could have made a (much) better job of displaying the data.

And still, indeed, Rosettta2 is in the way, so that's no real result here.

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Re:Apple M1 MacBook vs. PC Desktop Workstation for Adobe Cre... by databyte on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @09:35AM (#25198747)
Yeah, I'm joking.

It's just not even close to an apples-to-oranges comparison. Not only is it Rosetta2 but it's also Mac vs Windows binaries. They couldn't add in another variable to make it more different if they tried.

But if you were to build/buy a "AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X", I would check their numbers on geekbench.com. It seems like there's a lot of builds with the same specs and better numbers than even this. For the amount of money they're asking of a desktop, I'll check these numbers elsewhere.

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