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Intel Says New Core i9 Processor for Laptops is Faster Than Apple's M1 Max Chip
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Hardly news though is it, Apple will jump a bit ahead with M2 no doubt, then Intel again, maybe a bit from AMD and so on. But it's all good for the consumer. M1 is all about performance and power efficiency rather than just performance but that Intel if true does appear to claw some of the balance back which should improve battery life. Maybe, maybe not.
An i9 though, bit much for most users.
An i9 though, bit much for most users.
I don't lurk here enough, probably, but I haven't seen anyone here said that Intel was dead. They would still have the Windows market.
To be fair, I do commend Intel's newer power hungry chip for being slightly faster than Apple's power efficient older chip. Without sarcasm, that's beyond what some people expected of them.
Actually, Apple has not yet released a Desktop Pro class processor. Both the M1 iMac and Mac Mini are consumer machines and not Pro machines.
Honestly I would not be surprised to see the M2-Pro iMac released in the Spring.
Bet you more things are working right on Intel chips and Windows 11 than on Monterey macOS and APPLE Silicon.
Hi everyone. Number of cores doesn't matter. Speed of processors don't matter. What matters is performance value and performance per watt.
The graph seems to suggest that the 12th gen i9 is actually faster while consuming the same amount of power (35 W).
Even if Intel cherry-picked this benchmark (and obviously they did), it's still a pretty big improvement over the previous generations. It seems they are at least in the same ballpark now when it comes to multi-threaded performance-per-watt figures.
Even if Intel cherry-picked this benchmark (and obviously they did), it's still a pretty big improvement over the previous generations. It seems they are at least in the same ballpark now when it comes to multi-threaded performance-per-watt figures.
I would be surprised if Intel’s claims are entirely true. Maybe some of it, but performance per watt? That would be insane, they would need to almost quadrupole their performance per watt in just 18 months. They’ll likely compare their CPU power use against Apple’s entire SoC use. Even then they’re just highlighting a single sub-test.
We'll see if Intel can make a leap, much like Apple has. If they do, that would be awesome imo. Right now, Apple looks like the big bully on the block that no one can deal with.
Those extra apps you talk of don't exist on the Mac version, so isn't that more the fault of Microsoft?
It is just sad. Intel behaves like a child suffering from a severe attention deficit. The kid is crying and wants to be loved.
I hate to say it but I do miss have an intel powered computer in my room during the winter months, it kicked the temperature up a good 4 or 5 degrees.
I'm guessing it will draw more power too? Nobody ever said Intel processors were slow. The key is not just performance, but performance per watt. Is Intel missing the point?
Because only a very very small number of users do such. Most that run VMs don't even run the VM on their Mac, they login to one running on a remote server.
For the vast majority of users, the transition to M1 will be far more beneficial than sticking with old Intel chips.
It’s pretty sad how childish most of the comments are in relation to this article. Why does everyone have to be so negative? Intel making improvements like this will push AMD and Apple even further and this will then result in better products for consumers. It’s just a ******* CPU.
this is awesome news for gamers. because intel is where the games are.
So if I am looking for a laptop with a desktop form factor (massive cooling and always plugged in), it's perfect!
And for the record, I 100% agree with what you posted so my quote is just to take advantage of your comment to throw a zinger at Intel and not you.
get a PC or run parallels. I hate the mac version of outlook so I use parallels to run that and it’s just fine.
Who is Intel fooling?
Themselves of course.
They can't be serious?
We are John McEnroe serious.
Intel must not have seen this graph?
We just choose to ignore it.
Kind Regards
Intel