[zbrozek]

Where and when electric energy is $0.51/kWh, one might care quite a bit.

[ianai]

It’s such a strawman point. But this comparison is totally bonkers. If you’re doing a workload meant for a 4080/4090 then you really have no business pointing at the M2 Ultra as a competitor.

Then there’s comparing like technology to like technology. Something like the 5700G AMD line, and that’s not even nvidia. But that probably isn’t as interesting to the authors.

[readthenotes1]

Whoever is doing the caring should reconsider their life choices at that price. At 51 cents per kilowatt hour, personal solar + batteries are a vailable alternative. If you cared about the planet, you'd move

[jacooper]

I doubt the target customers of the M2 ultra aren't going to be able to cover extra energy costs for a cheaper and more performant device.

[zbrozek]

Oh sure, but I was responding to the comment above saying that desktop users in general shouldn't care about power consumption. That's too broad.