[Dylan16807]

> the M chips in the Apple Studio and Mac Pro (and those used by other manufacturers in servers) are a different category than "laptop".

The M2 ultra is basically two M2 Maxs stuck together. It's the same chip that's in laptops, and was designed around a laptop power budget.

In what way is it in a different category?

Designing for different power targets has a significant effect on power and performance metrics. When a chip is designed to be able to take tons of watts, that hurts its efficiency even when you're currently running at a low wattage. So comparing chips with different wattage philosophies gets tricky.