Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer
by tracker1 on Saturday July 08, 2023 @01:02PM
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This is ARM. The cpu isn't the only thing. Memory and disk io are also very good. Also portable/laptop and desktop aren't the same. Mx also has good accelerators for x86 and encoding tasks, so it will depend on what you do.
Next gen AMD mobile is also looking very good. AMD 7000 series mobile is really nice, but battery life isn't quite there compared to Apple.
Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer
by soulbadguy on Saturday July 08, 2023 @02:09PM
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> I didn't see Apple anywhere near the top of the list for CPU single or multithreaded
Probably wasn't normalized as perf per watt.
Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer
by hospitalJail on Saturday July 08, 2023 @06:37PM
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>Probably wasn't normalized as perf per watt.
Of course, that is a marketing metric, not something to genuinely care.
Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer
by tredre3 on Saturday July 08, 2023 @07:53PM
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We're discussing laptops here. Performance per watt is possibly one of the most important metric to the average consumer even if they don't know it by name.
Better battery life + less heat = more comfort.
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I just recently bought a laptop and when I was comparing benchmarks, I didn't see Apple anywhere near the top of the list for CPU single or multithreaded. Not that I remotely care about CPU speeds, my number 1 focus was VRAM. Made it an easy decision since you basically pick something with Nvidia and high VRAM.