Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-End PCs

Re:Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-E... by AsyncAwait on Monday December 07, 2020 @08:43AM (#25332022)

> there isn’t a CPU available for competitors to use in their laptops

Zen3 looks pretty on par with the Apple stuff, maybe it's finally time for OEMs to adopt AMD in a serious way so they can invest into R&D even more.

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Re:Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-E... by EricE on Monday December 07, 2020 @02:41PM (#25336252)

What Zen3 in a laptop can compete with the M1?

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Re:Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-E... by cercatrova on Monday December 07, 2020 @03:11PM (#25336724)

Looks like the 5900HX is looking like it could, although we don't have all the details yet. Note that Zen 3 is still on 7 nm while M1 is 5 nm, so there's an inherent performance disadvantage.

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Re:Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-E... by EricE on Monday December 07, 2020 @03:50PM (#25337308)

So a chip that's not out yet may match it in performance.

Also at the end of the day performance oriented people aren't going to care so much about process node idiosyncrasies. Does it perform or not?

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Re:Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-E... by cercatrova on Monday December 07, 2020 @03:54PM (#25337361)

I expected this response, but you did ask for something that could perform, not one that does currently. Looks like no on that front then.

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Re:Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-E... by EricE on Monday December 07, 2020 @04:12PM (#25337614)

I asked what laptop can - no could in there.

Not that I would be mad if AMD meets or heck even bests Apple. Competition is good for all of us :)

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