This is something that came up in articles when the first M1 chip came out, but the hardest part about Apple Silicone is there is nothing to compare it to. Which as a buyer creates a problem. You really don't know what to get or what you need. If I'm getting an intel machine, I know enough about it an other machines that have to make an informed decision about what I need. With M1 I feel a little lost. Yes I can look at the memory on the ram and such but it performs completely differently. Anyone feel the same way?
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The hardest part about M1
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Kind of.
I know what I can expect of the processor because there are benchmarks. The M1 performs better than Intel counterparts. So, I could expect the M1 to be faster in both single and multi-core tasks, and have better battery life, than a Core i7-1185g7, for instance. As it is a different architecture, results may vary, but it should be generally better, even if marginally.
However, I feel lost about memory usage. I have read people mentioning that the M1 manages memory beautifully and that it handles 8 GB better than an Intel processor handles 16 GB. And I have also read people stating that the M1 plays no miracle in this department, and that you would require about the same amount of memory as under an Intel processor.