[a-dub]

are there any benchmarks of x86-64 homebrew ports running under rosetta2 vs the last generation of intel macs?

how about stuff like python, webservers or java apps running in x86-64 linux docker containers?

very curious what the effects are of the new arch on common developer use cases. (without having to recompile/rebuild everything for apple arm)

[ricardobeat]

Not for Homebrew but some benchmarks here: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16252/mac-mini-apple-m1-teste...

[a-dub]

i guess the gcc bench confirms, "yep, it's not native." cool that they do as much transpilation as possible at install time, and then jit the rest at runtime though. i'm curious how this all works in context of linux container runtime and if there are additional overheads...

[a-dub]

all that said, i think the big screwup here is that the SoC only supports two displays where the intel chipset supported three or four. only being able to drive a single external display (after years of supporting multiple) is pretty bad, i doubt jobs would have let that one slip... (no matter how much cool engineering went into making the arm arch a reality)