Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c...
by nabakin on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:27PM
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> Has the CPU industry really managed to pull off it's attempt at a bs coup that more cores always === better?
I thought this at first then I realized the cost-performance benefit gained from adding more cores often outweighs just improving the performance of single cores. I think this is what led AMD to create their Ryzen 9 line of CPUs with 12 cores in 2019.
That being said, I abhor the deceptive marketing which says 50% more performance when in reality, it's at most 50% more performance specifically on perfectly parallel tasks which is not the general performance that the consumer expects.
I thought this at first then I realized the cost-performance benefit gained from adding more cores often outweighs just improving the performance of single cores. I think this is what led AMD to create their Ryzen 9 line of CPUs with 12 cores in 2019.
That being said, I abhor the deceptive marketing which says 50% more performance when in reality, it's at most 50% more performance specifically on perfectly parallel tasks which is not the general performance that the consumer expects.