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Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro

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1080 points antipaul | 1 comments | 12 Nov 20 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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nichch ◴[12 Nov 20 02:15 UTC] No.25065659[source]▶
How am I supposed to interpret this? A MacBook Air surpasses my i7-8700k in single and (almost) multi core performance?
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minxomat ◴[12 Nov 20 02:17 UTC] No.25065673[source]▶
Yes, in fact, the A14 (iPhone 12) already surpassed most Intel chips: https://images.anandtech.com/doci/16226/perf-trajectory_575p...

Intel is now #3

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FartyMcFarter ◴[12 Nov 20 02:24 UTC] No.25065717[source]▶
A modern mobile CPU with a TDP of 6 watts is beating a modern desktop CPU with a TDP of 125 watts? Is it just me or this seems too good to be true?
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1. wmf ◴[12 Nov 20 02:34 UTC] No.25065784{3}[source]▶
It is true. Note that a single core can only use ~20W so high TDPs only matter for multicore.