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Apple's A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record — 2nm chip beats desktop Intel Core i9 and AMD Ryzen 9 by up to 32% (www.tomshardware.com)
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A20 Pro vs Intel Ultra 7 Series 3

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[–] 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

They're also comparing arm to x86. Both can do exceptionally well in specific category. I still remember how disappointed I was initially in M chips because of advertisement like "FASTEST CHIP THERE IS, BEATS ALL INTELS", but then I try to play the only cross platform game I know (Minecraft) and it plays worse than on a decade+ older Intel CPU.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    I had no idea. What makes that difference? On a quick read M chips don't like OpenGL but I doubt that's it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    The quick takeaway is ARM and x86 solvers eachothers problems and now are trying to catch up. ARM is much more power efficient than x86, and x86 handles powerful sustained workloads faster. So now Intel is trying to make x86 more efficient and Apple is trying to alike ARM more powerful.

    It’s much easier to make efficient hardware powerful than it is to make powerful hardware efficient. So while both sides are improving, apples results are more dramatic and noticeable.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    From what I've heard, the GPU in the M-series chips are just scaled-up PowerVR derived GPU, with some of the greatest limitations being carried over.

    Also the CPU is more optimized for parallel-processing, and many games are still seldom optimized for that.

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