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For single-core performance, yes. Anything that can make use of multiple cores, no

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Most M1 devices have indentical number of cores.

That’s not true. The M1 has 8, the M1 pro has 10, and the M1 ultra has 20.

I was not talking about pro and ultra devices. "M1" != "M1 Pro"

> So in the end, M1 Mini, MacBook Air and *MacBook Pro* differ only in the number of ports and the availability of a built-in display.

Yes you were.

https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro-13/ has the M1.

No, I was not. I even did a table last time I shopped for new devices for our developers:

  Model                            Processor       Geekbench multi/single core score

  MacMini (2020)                   M1, 8 cores      7782/1747 
  MacBook Air M1                   M1, 8 cores      7618/1734
  MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2020)  M1, 8 cores      7739/1753
  iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)          M1, 8 cores      7660/1742

2021 models do come with M1 Pro processors come with 8 and 10 cores, and have 9900 and 11700 multicore score respectively, but I was not talking about them.

It’s easy for people to make this assumption since all of the Apple Silicon chips are “M1” but some are “M1++”. It helps to avoid that misunderstanding by talking about baseline M1 or non-pro M1 chips.

Depending on the config, the M1 Pro has 8 or 10 cores - and unlike the M1, the M1 Pro's 8 core configuration uses 6 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores vs 4 / 4

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