Re:AMD's 128-core Epycs could spell trouble for Ampere Compu...
by fsh on Sunday June 25, 2023 @01:29AM
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Not really. A M2 Pro draws something like 40W under all-core load which is comparable to AMD Ryzen mobile CPUs with similar performance. The long battery life of the MBP is almost entirely due to the crazy low idle consumption of the entire system (not only the CPU).
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Re:AMD's 128-core Epycs could spell trouble for Ampere Compu...
by throwaway2990 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @03:28AM
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And yet, I can’t take any windows laptop I’ve ever owned to work without a charger and work all day and come home. But can do that with the M2 MacBook. Cos under full load, the performance and battery life exceeds that of windows laptops.
Re:AMD's 128-core Epycs could spell trouble for Ampere Compu...
by fsh on Sunday June 25, 2023 @03:41AM
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That's because the MacBook idles well, and most of the time is spent idling. Some modern Windows machines like the T14s Gen2 AMD come close, but others don't.
Re:AMD's 128-core Epycs could spell trouble for Ampere Compu...
by beebeepka on Sunday June 25, 2023 @03:48AM
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Maybe you haven't used sufficiently new AMD laptops. Because my Ryzen 5800H and 6800H laptops (16 and 14 inch) can easily last a day despite using TSMC 7nm instead the much more efficient 5nm process that Apple has been enjoying.
Macbooks are fantastic but there is no magic. Manufacturing is extremely important
Re:AMD's 128-core Epycs could spell trouble for Ampere Compu...
by throwaway2990 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @06:07AM
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I have a 5800h laptop and 3-4 hours pails to the 8-10 hours I’m getting on the MacBook for the same workload.
Re:AMD's 128-core Epycs could spell trouble for Ampere Compu...
by beebeepka on Sunday June 25, 2023 @09:42AM
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No arguments there. The M1/2 last longer. However, this largely due to TSMC 5nm node. The Ryzen 7800u will close the gap for sure
Re:AMD's 128-core Epycs could spell trouble for Ampere Compu...
by formerly_proven on Sunday June 25, 2023 @04:33AM
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You can do that with a 12th/13th gen too, though it depends on what “work” is. I’m not sure there is any laptop that would last a day using the average enterprise setup (two IPSes, three “endpoint protectors”, two AVs, heavy WMI scripts constantly running and MS Teams always open), simply because the thing won’t get under 40% CPU during the day. The advantage of a MacBook here would simply be that 90% of the mentioned software doesn’t exist for the platform.