You’re not the only one — but just curious where this skepticism comes from.
This is M4 — Apple has now made four generations of chips and each one were class leading upon release. What more do you need to see?
This is M4 — Apple has now made four generations of chips and each one were class leading upon release. What more do you need to see?
Buying up most of TSMC's latest node capacity certainly helps. Zen chips on the same node turn out to be very competitive, butAMD don't get first dibs.
People pretend like this isn’t a thing that’s already happened, and that there aren’t fair comparisons. But there are. And even when you compare like for like Apple Silicon tends to win.
Line up the node, check the wattages, compare the parts. I trust you can handle the assignment.
Nevertheless, product delivery is a combination of multiple things of which the basic tech is just one component.
I was just curious if people had experience with how reliable Geekbench has been at showing relative performance of CPUs lately.
If I was reviewing cars and used the number of doors as a benchmark for speed, surely I’d get laughed at.
Immediately people “but geEk BeNcH”
And then actual people get their hands on the machines for their real workloads and essentially confirm the geekbench results.
If this was the first time, then fair enough. But it’s a Groundhog Day style sketch comedy at this point with M4.
There is a lot to criticize about Apple's silicon design, but they are leading the CPU market in terms of mindshare and attention. All the other chipmakers all feel like they're just trying to follow Apple's lead. It's wild.
But anyway, what is it you see to criticize about Apple‘s Apple Silicon design? The way RAM is locked on package so it’s not upgradable, or something else?
I’m kind of surprised, I don’t hear a lot of people suggesting it has a lot to be criticized for.
It has 4 doors! It’s all over the shitty car news medias. The car is a prototype with only one seat though.
Most people who say things like this tend to deeply misunderstand TDP and end up making really weird comparisons. Like high wattage desktop towers compared to fan-less MacBook Airs.
The process lead Apple tends to enjoy no doubt plays a huge role in their success. But you could also turn around and say that’s the only reason AMD has gained so much ground against Intel. Spoiler: it’s not. Process node and design work together for the results you see. People tend to get very stingy with credit for this though if there’s an Apple logo involved.