Sort of like when people compare nm of processes on the chips. You can't just say "oh, their number is smaller, it must be better."
To be sure a device with 16GB of M1 RAM should be more competent than 8GB of M1 RAM, but now that's apples to apples.
Go on... What’s the nature of this great difference?
I wonder if the memory performance should be so surprising. Because haven't people been bemoaning the "low" amount of ram in iPhone / iPad?
iPhone had 4GB on XS, and 11. And only went to 6GB on the Pro models. Yet the performance and benchmarking on these devices has seemed to garner praise with each successive generation.
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/10/14/how-much-ram-iphone-12-...
I've tried to look up what this difference might be, but all I've found is a hand-wavey answer about it being an SOC. If someone can ELI5 then I'd be super appreciative.