M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari's experimental WebGPU

Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by stu2b50 on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @04:35PM (#26334941)

That doesn't seem to have anything to do with the M1, though? It just seems you're uncomfortable with macos. A new processor isn't going to change that macs run macos, and if you don't like macos, then you're not going to like the Mac.

As a chip, the M1 is an absolutely amazing.

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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by danieldk on Thursday March 04, 2021 @03:25AM (#26340033)

As a chip, the M1 is an absolutely amazing

Sure, it is an amazing chip. But the delta is only large compared to the rehashed 14nm Intel chips that Macs shipped with in the last few years. Recent Ryzen-based APUs are in a similar ballpark as M1's performance-wise.

I think that a lot of Mac users overestimate the M1, since their only experience with x86_64 is low-point Intel and not peak AMD.

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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by pmarreck on Thursday March 04, 2021 @04:41PM (#26348784)

Does Ryzen compete on gigaflops-per-watt, though?

You know Intel's in hot water when AMD makes a better Intel chip than Intel does, though...

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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by smoldesu on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @04:37PM (#26334967)

I mean, I mostly agree with you. It is an issue with MacOS, and the M1 is a pretty nice package for what it offers. If I could reliably run Linux on it, I'd be a lot more excited. Hell, if I could even drive my monitors with it I'd be mostly satisfied. I guess I'm just one of those "niche users" at the end of the day.

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