Can Apple's M1X/M2 outperform desktop CPUs?
Qualcomm tried their hand at desktop CPUs with Microsoft a few years back. Is it time they tried again?
How comparable is a Surface Go with the performance/efficiency of M1?
Surface Go is nowhere close, half as fast in single core, 1/5th as fast in multicore. The 5W TDP is really a generic number with no real meaning as Intel doesn't really abide by it, I would say it probably uses about the same power as the M1, possibly much more under turbo while also having a much higher power floor (IE: When at idle the Surface go uses much more power)
Keep in mind that the Surface Go is very low-cost and the CPU is at a 14nm build.
Does Qualcomm or Samsung have a M1 beater in their kitty?
Anandtech numbers showed 50-89% of total power consumption for the 7601 being used for Infinity Fabric. With 89w remaining spread among 32 cores, that's a mere 2.78w per core or 1.39w per thread at an all-core turbo of 2.7GHz.
Oh, I'd note that the 7601 is a 14nm Zen 1 part.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13124/the-amd-threadripper-29...!