[scottlocklin]

I haven't studied it carefully, but it sure looks like 90% of the performance improvement is using a big cache, which is a totally obvious thing to do. Also the big x86 guys have more or less been asleep at the wheel for almost a decade.

My go to example: my 2011 x220 sandybridge stinkpad is faster than my 2017 kaby lake mbp. 2005 machines (I dunno, Lakeport?) aren't even in the same ballpark as modern machines. Had that pace continued up to current year, the M1 chip would be a stinker. As it is, AMD is close and could smoke M1 in next generation 5nm chips, restoring order to the universe.

[whynotminot]

> I haven't studied it carefully, but it sure looks like 90% of the performance improvement is using a big cache, which is a totally obvious thing to do. Also the big x86 guys have more or less been asleep at the wheel for almost a decade.

Dude, has Intel called you yet? You've got some serious CTO chops.

[CrazyStat]

>As it is, AMD is close and could smoke M1 in next generation 5nm chips, restoring order to the universe.

Comparing next gen to current gen is a strange way to do things. Apple will also have a next gen M chip.

[NathanOsullivan]

AMD has a public roadmap, and (assuming they execute) their next CPU in 2021 will be 5nm.

Apple do not of course, but TSMC have stated they expect 3nm to be produced in volume in 2H22 which tells us we have at least one more round of Apple Silicon on 5nm.

In 2021 we will presumably see Apple Silicon parts with increased core counts and desktop TDP

This will be our first chance to see how the best of ARM goes against the best of X86 in like-for-like configurations.