| > 20% increase on performance is compared to M1 not, M2 Nope. > The M3 chip has single-core and multi-core scores of about 3,000 and 11,700, respectively, in the Geekbench 6 database. When you compare these scores to those of the M2's single-core and multi-core scores (around 2,600 and 9,700, respectively), the M3 chip is indeed up to 20% faster like Apple claims. https://www.laptopmag.com/laptops/macbooks/apple-m3-benchmar... > 400 watts is on a desktop chip where there is no concept of battery life. Yes, and in exchange for that ridiculous 400 watt power draw, Intel saw negligible performance gains. > In some areas, the extra clock speeds available on the Core i9-14900K show some benefit, but generally speaking, it won't make much difference in most areas. https://www.anandtech.com/show/21084/intel-core-i9-14900k-co... Intel only wishes they could hit a 20% gain in exchange for all that increased power draw and heat. As that review noted the best improvement they saw in any of the common benchmarks was just 6%. |