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by watersb 1491 days ago
I don't know how to control for other factors, like bus speed and RAM bandwidth, but:

- 2007 single-core performance: Geekbench 5 score ~ 500.

- 2021 MacBook Air M1 single core: 1750

Ok, only a factor of 3 or so. And only 2x as many cores.

I'm comparing Core 2 Extreme to a low power portable design, albeit one with notably high single-core performance.