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Re:Apple Neural Engine Internal: From ML Algorithm to HW Reg... by kaba0 on Friday December 10, 2021 @05:37AM (#29508410)
It’s only faster at GPU, no? CPU-wise it is really hard to beat even the regular M1.
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Re:Apple Neural Engine Internal: From ML Algorithm to HW Reg... by LegitShady on Friday December 10, 2021 @06:09PM (#29516588)
A ryzen 9 is slower single core but faster multi core performance than an m1, but of course its TDP is higher so battery life will be significantly different.

If you care about having 20 hours of battery life instead of 8-10, the m1 is definitely going to win that. But from a pure performance perspective there are chips on the market faster than the m1 in the laptop sphere from AMD already.

If you get an zephyrus with an AMD cpu and a dedicated GPU you will pay less than the macbook pro and be more performant, in exchange for a hotter laptop with lower battery life. But that's just a tradeoff, not necessarily a win one way or another. I've never needed 20 hours of battery life and I don't prioritize it. 8-10 is enough for me. I'd rather have the faster machine.

And I can change the SSD or RAM myself without expecting it to make itself implode later in its lifespan because its all in one package as the apple silicon is.

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