[greg5green]

>The M5 MacBook Pro still gets the Broadcom WiFi chip but the M5 iPad Pros get the N1 and C1X (Sweet).

Is that good? Their cellular modems have been terrible. I'll reserve judgement until trying one out.

>The M1 itself is so powerful

I think this is a bit of a fallacy. Apple Silicon is great for the power consumption to power ratio, but something like a Ryzen 9 7945HX can do 3x more work than an M1 Max. And a non-laptop chip, like an Intel Core Ultra 7 265k can do 3.5x.

[wizee]

Those ratios seem way off if you're referring to the M1 Max and not the base M1. If we use Geekbench CPU performance, the Ryzen 9 7945HX (which is from 2023) is around 12% faster single core and 32% faster multicore than the M1 Max (which is from 2021). If you look at the 2024 M4 Max, it's substantially faster than the Ryzen and Intel you mentioned.

https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/amd-ryzen-9-7945hx

https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/intel-core-ultra-7-...

https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/macbook-pro-16-inch-2021-...

https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/macbook-pro-16-inch-2024-...

[n8cpdx]

Source re:modem claims? Performance seems fine in general, modestly slower on very high end networks but using 25% less power.

Performance claims:

https://www.ookla.com/articles/iphone-c1-modem-performance-q...

Energy claims:

https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/02/27/apples-c1-modem-b...

[Avamander]

Having a cellular modem on a MacBook would be really handy even if it's not perfect.