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by zirkonit 1988 days ago
> First of all, no matter how good Apple’s ARM core truly is, there is no way in physics that a fanless quad-core Apple M1 is going to outperform an 8-core Intel Core i9.

Well, just two months in, and this claim didn't age well at all.
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zirkonit 1988 days ago
To provide a bit more nuance to my snark - out of 8-core Intel Core i9's currently sold in laptops, in multi-core Geekbench 5, M1 loses to 9900K by 18%, beats 9980HK by 13% and 9880H by whopping 20%.

In single-core, it is single fastest currently available processor, destroying the aforementioned i9's by 30% to 50%.

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zirkonit 1988 days ago
To add even more insult to the injury, the only laptop with 9900K you can currently buy in my market is a gaming monstrosity 3.5x more expensive AND 3.5x heavier than M1 MacBook Air.
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lmilcin 1988 days ago
That is what happens when you invoke physics without understanding it.

No, there is no law that would prevent new SoC to outperform 8-core Intel Core i9.

Personally, when I see stupid argument like that I immediately stop reading. I know it is waste of time.

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jack_riminton 1988 days ago
The whole piece just reads like a butt-hurt PC guy who can't face reality
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rusk 1988 days ago
Maybe he’s hoping to get free stuff from Intel?
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