[theshrike79]

It's only 2GB more than the A16, and Apple's models are "SLM"s by their own terminology.

But it might be significant too. Still it's not an arbitrary limitation, but an actual lack of processing power on the older devices.

[bhj]

Yes, 25% more RAM is significant. As you said, the M1 has significantly less performance, but it has enough memory. We can infer that RAM is the deciding factor from that.