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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by makomk on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @05:05AM (#27366512)
Apple seem to have actively chosen to skimp on memory capacity, so this seems very much like something that's on them.
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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by astrange on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @05:37PM (#27374307)
I would say it's unreasonable to expect 'make -j8' to perform well on a low-end laptop (M1 is a low end CPU) and that the system should be picking the -j number for you.
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