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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: 0.215s | source
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faitswulff ◴[12 Nov 20 04:22 UTC] No.25066407[source]▶
This really flips the argument that Mac hardware is overpriced and underpowered on its head. Now Apple computers are a premium product from a performance perspective, as well.
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michaelmrose ◴[12 Nov 20 04:56 UTC] No.25066593[source]▶
Shouldn't we wait for non synthetic benchmarks to be performed by third parties running real applications?

We could even compare some cross platform apps across both OS and cpu and see how the total package performs.

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1. faitswulff ◴[12 Nov 20 14:47 UTC] No.25070415[source]▶
Judging by upward trajectory of their processors’ performance (https://images.anandtech.com/doci/16226/perf-trajectory.png) and their dominance in mobile, it seems like only a matter of time.