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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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