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nostromo ◴[12 Nov 20 03:07 UTC] No.25065960[source]▶

So... I'd be feeling pretty silly right now if I bought the Mac Pro in 2019 for like $7,000. (Which I almost did!)

https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/457

M1 is comparable to baseline Mac Pro on multicore performance and better on single core performance. And several thousand dollars cheaper (and smaller).

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kube-system ◴[12 Nov 20 03:09 UTC] No.25065976[source]▶

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There's still a lot to be said for software support, IO, RAM, etc.

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1. andreasley ◴[12 Nov 20 03:43 UTC] No.25066178[source]▶

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Also GPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/compute/compare/1799092?bas...

The Vega II is even faster (but quite a bit more expensive).

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