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> The A17 Pro gets 7199 on GB6 multi-thread compared to 18778 for the 7950X [...]

But how many cores does the A17 have versus the 7950X?

That's kind of the point -- the reason it uses more power is that it has more cores, out of which you get higher multi-thread performance.

Exactly. If we have to explain this in every single discussion we may as well not discuss it.

No, that is clearly not the case given that the TDP of the A17 Pro (10W) is 17 times less than the TDP of the 7950X (170W) while the multi-core performance of the 7950X is only 2.6x that of the A17 Pro.

The reason it uses more power is that it's less efficient. The reason it has higher multi-core performance is that it has four times the number of cores.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950x: 16 cores and 32 threads

Apple A17 Pro: 6 cores (4 efficiency and 2 performance)

Refs: https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/ryzen-9-7950x.c2846 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A17

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