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1080 points antipaul | 1 comments | 12 Nov 20 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source

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zdw ◴[12 Nov 20 04:30 UTC] No.25066465[source]▶

AMD's Zen 3 (Ryzen 5xxx series) are beating the Apple M1 in single core score: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/singlecore

As another datapoint Ian (of Anandtech) estimated that the M1 would need to be clocked at 3.25Ghz to match Zen 3, and these systems are showing a 3.2Ghz clock: https://twitter.com/IanCutress/status/1326516048309460992

1. _the_inflator ◴[12 Nov 20 10:52 UTC] No.25068547[source]▶

I don't think that scoring high in the single core area is Apple's primary goal.

Doing it while not burning lots of Watts and being energy efficient is what Apple aims for.

And I doubt that AMD and especially Intel will offer an alternative here soon. Desktop yes, but not on mobile.

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