[llbbdd]

Oof, I was already considering an upgrade from the M1 but was hoping I couldn't be convinced to go for the top of the line. Is the performance jump from the M# -> M# Max chips that substantial?

[smcleod]

The main jump is from anything to M5; not because it's simply the latest but because it has matmul instructions similar to a CUDA GPU which fixes the slow prompt processing on all previous generation Apple Silicon chips.

[llbbdd]

I'm crying, man. I really don't want to set up a new laptop but you're making it hard.

[smcleod]

The m5 max should be out around feb - wait till then

[baby_souffle]

> Is the performance jump from the M# -> M# Max chips that substantial

From m1? Yes, absolutely. M3 is marginal now but m5 will probably make it definite.