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Re:Apple M1 vs. Ryzen 3900X vs. Intel I9 in Software Develop... by cr3ative on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:49PM (#25421466)
This... isn't a fact. It's the opposite from what I've read - the architecture is just as important as the smaller nm process.

This post is good reading on the matter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25257932

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Re:Apple M1 vs. Ryzen 3900X vs. Intel I9 in Software Develop... by janmo on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:01PM (#25421652)
I really doubt the M1 would perform nearly as good if it was a 14nm chip with 8b transistors.
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Re:Apple M1 vs. Ryzen 3900X vs. Intel I9 in Software Develop... by redisman on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:07PM (#25421739)
The nanometer process is not an actual standard. So it's apples and oranges to compare two fabs
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Re:Apple M1 vs. Ryzen 3900X vs. Intel I9 in Software Develop... by janmo on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:20PM (#25421907)
You are right, there different ways to measure transistors, but if I recall it correctly this should not account for more than 20 or 30% difference.
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Re:Apple M1 vs. Ryzen 3900X vs. Intel I9 in Software Develop... by The_Colonel on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:30PM (#25422857)
of course, but no matter the standards, TSMC 5nm is significantly smaller (and efficienter) than Intel 14nm.
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