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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by wmf on Sunday November 29, 2020 @07:21PM (#25249456)
It looks like the M1 does run all out all the time (maybe because it never turbos that much to begin with).
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by macintux on Sunday November 29, 2020 @08:18PM (#25249815)
When plugged in, perhaps, but when on battery those slower cores are going to get used more.
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by dev_tty01 on Sunday November 29, 2020 @08:50PM (#25249989)
No, if you run a heavy computational load on a battery powered Macbook Pro it runs all out on all cores. Lots of reviewers looking at this. Battery life is worse of course under heavy load but still incredible relative to x86 for identical tasks. Faster and less battery usage.
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