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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maz1b ◴[12 Nov 20 02:16 UTC] No.25065664[source]▶

This is pretty crazy to see, even if the full story isn't clear yet. A base level MacBook Air is taking the crown of the best MacBook Pro. Wow. SVP Johny Srouji and all of the Apple hardware + silicon team have been smashing it for the past many years.

For what it's worth, I have a fully specced out 16 inch MacBook Pro with the AMD Radeon Pro 5600m and even with that I'm regularly hitting 100% usage of the card, and not to mention the fan noise.

Looking forward to a version from Apple that is made for actual professionals, but I imagine these introductory M1 based devices are going to be great for the vast majority of people.

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numpad0 ◴[12 Nov 20 03:22 UTC] No.25066040[source]▶

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Laptop Macs of late are known for heavy throttling due to inadequate cooling, which cannot have been unnoticed in simulations

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JosephRedfern ◴[12 Nov 20 07:35 UTC] No.25067424[source]▶

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I’d go so far as to say “laptops of late”, thermal throttling isn’t unique to MacBooks.

My XPS15 regularly throttles and sounds like it’s about to take off.

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1. rbanffy ◴[12 Nov 20 08:08 UTC] No.25067608[source]▶

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Gaming laptops are huge for a reason: they need to get rid of a lot of heat.

Thin and light is great for short bursts of activity, but, when you need sustainable heavy usage, you'll need a bigger computer, even if it's just to have a bigger heatsink.

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