[mort96]

Right but what if I don't notice the difference between rendering a web page taking 100ms and it taking 50ms? What if I don't notice the difference between video playback consuming 20% of the chip's available compute and it consuming 10%?

[GeekyBear]

I'm pretty sure that users of the announced Blender for iPad port will notice any additional horsepower.

[beeflet]

what users?

[Aurornis]

> but what if I don't notice the difference between rendering a web page taking 100ms and it taking 50ms?

You probably won’t notice this when using the new machine.

For me, it only becomes noticeable when I go back to something slower.

It’s easy to take the new speed as a given.

> What if I don't notice the difference between video playback consuming 20% of the chip's available compute and it consuming 10%?

You would notice it in increased battery life. A CPU that finishes the task faster and more efficiently will get back into low power mode quicker.

[simonh]

Faster can also mean more efficient for a lot of tasks, because the cpu can idle sooner so your battery can last longer, or be smaller and lighter.