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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by vimy on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:43PM (#30611029)
You also need to compare the right cpu. M1 Ultra cpu is the equivalent of the fastest threadripper. Which costs $3990. So a pc with similar performance would be $7500
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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by cyber_kinetist on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:53PM (#30611072)
Not the top-of-the-line threadripper (which can go up to 32c/64t), but probably similar to the 5950x (16c/32t), which costs like 1000$.

But you’re comparing apples to oranges, because the real advantage of M1 chips is the unified memory - almost no CPU-GPU communication overhead, and that the GPU can use ginormous amounts of memory.

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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by GekkePrutser on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @04:42AM (#30612655)
A threadripper also has many more PCIe lanes than a Ryzen. It's a bit of a different usecase I think although there's overlap.
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