[aurareturn]

Single thread:

M3 Max: 3898

7950x: 2951

The ST advantage of Apple Silicon is real. 7950x does do better in highly parallel tasks.

To me, Apple Silicon is clearly leading clients over AMD/Intel. Hence, my original reason for why AMD's announcement isn't "exciting". Because Apple Silicon is so far ahead in client.

Of course, AMD can crank up the core via Epyc/Threadripper and Apple has no answer. For that, you'd need to look into ARM chips from Ampere/Amazon for a competitor.

[KingOfCoders]

Yes, and is great if you are a gamer / have software that doesn't multi-core.

[hajile]

Or if you don't want to blow out the power bill.

A 7950x system at IDLE uses 50% more power than an M3 Max going all-out on a CPU workload.

https://www.guru3d.com/review/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-review/page-...

[KingOfCoders]

Yes, if you have very expensive power, then this is a consideration.