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Apple Silicon M1 Chip in MacBook Air Outperforms High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro
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Looking forward to see how they supplement the GPU in the 16" and Mac Pro
Oh makes sense, for some reason I was thinking Catalina killed non-Intel Hackintoshes
I'd rather wait for real world benchmarks, which Geekbench does not. The raw performance is impressive, but can itcarry over to the real world?
I doubt the Air could sustain performance seen on the Macbook Pro 16, simply because it has no active cooling. Or, could match GPU performance over sustained GPU activity.
I doubt the Air could sustain performance seen on the Macbook Pro 16, simply because it has no active cooling. Or, could match GPU performance over sustained GPU activity.
Well the Macintel which is a new segment that rose up in the last 24 hours are also in denial.
Crazy stuff! Let’s see them take gaming to a new level too! Chip in an Apple TV or a new console?? Take on the big 2?
Do it Tim!!
Do it Tim!!
I remember thinking that when it came time to upgrade my 2012 15” rMBP that the MacBook Air would offer better performance in a smaller form factor at a lower price point.
That time has finally come. After many underwhelming generations of Mac laptops, I thought that maybe I was being unrealistic but the switch to Apple silicon is going to enable an entirely new generation of the Macintosh.
So, what's the likely catch? I'm willing to believe this processor is exceptionally powerful per watt, and give Apple credit where credit is clearly due, but there must be a tradeoff somewhere. Intel, AMD, even IBM or Qualcomm, know a lot about CPU design and have been fighting over the best engineers for decades.
It strikes me as unlikely that Apple has simply beaten all of them in all use cases, with less power, on their first desktop class CPU. It's not that I'm calling BS, just that engineering doesn't usually work that way; there's usually a tradeoff made somewhere.
It strikes me as unlikely that Apple has simply beaten all of them in all use cases, with less power, on their first desktop class CPU. It's not that I'm calling BS, just that engineering doesn't usually work that way; there's usually a tradeoff made somewhere.
Usually I try to make insightful comments on this site... but...
Holy ****
Holy ****
Presumably Geekbench was running via Rosetta too. Or am I misunderstanding how Geekbench works?
Bravo, Apple. Endeavor of this quality is what pushes both technology and humanity forward. The power and speed of the M1 is going to make browsing the Internet even more amazing.
Geekbench released a native Apple Silicon version today.
so who in their right mind gonna buy the rest of their intel lot?
I know obscenities are not allowed on this website... so I’ll just say this: holy heck!!
Apple has done it. It has laid intel to waste. Imagine the performance when Apple brings 3 nm and beyond and scales this chip up to the level of a 28+ core Xeon in the Mac Pro. Intel is done.
Apple has done it. It has laid intel to waste. Imagine the performance when Apple brings 3 nm and beyond and scales this chip up to the level of a 28+ core Xeon in the Mac Pro. Intel is done.
This article could greatly benefit from a comparison table and graphic. At the very least it would help to summarize the data presented in the article. It’s hard to keep the comparisons straight when they’re mixed between inline prose and massive screenshots.
But will the M1 play nice with a dedicated gpu, because egpu is not supported?
Wonder if they'll go for multi NUMA node in the higher-end offerings. If that's possible with these chips. NUMA nodes can share memory, so idk how that'd work with this on-chip RAM. Btw, Geekbench doesn't test RAM speed. Wonder how fast it is.
PC crowd is always in denial, that's why they still use Windows in 2020, excluding those with specific use cases (gaming, creative pro, or engineering with Windows-only software).
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Yes, CPU performance is great. I've seen nothing to support their claims about GPU performance, however, and this is equally important.
I currently still use the low end 2013 LateMBP and I've been waiting for an upgrade. Definitely once the 16 inch redesign with M1 or whatever it may be called and a hopeful OLED screen comes in, I am Buying! I have no issues with mine so I'll wait a year or two longer. I cannot wait.
Same! Just saw that earlier today. So excited to try this thing out!
Apple changing the world again, just wow.
Stellar. This is more then just a speed improvement. This is what good design can yield. The great thing about this, Apple can take their M series CPU improvements and apply them to their A series CPUs. Apple is truly in a class by themselves right now. I don’t see how Intel/AMD will be able to produce CPUs that have the same performance in a low power package that Apple has. A decade of CPU design is really paying off for Apple.
Important but hard to compare. The CPU runs pretty standardized workflows. GPUs have way more varied capabilities. We'll get an answer like "this runs a certain Metal application faster than the RX580 will."