The M3 Ultra is no slouch. It sits at the top with best processors on both single-core and multi-core x64 processors.
Meanwhile my mini PC with a Ryzen 7 8845HS processor, which is nowhere near an M3 Ultra, feels much snappier using it as a day to day desktop in both Linux and Windows. I think this speaks more to the sluggishness of the macOS experience rather than hardware performance.
But, then I start doing something data/gpu/local LLM intensive and my M3 Max shines.
The M3 Ultra is no slouch. It sits at the top with best processors on both single-core and multi-core x64 processors.
Meanwhile my mini PC with a Ryzen 7 8845HS processor, which is nowhere near an M3 Ultra, feels much snappier using it as a day to day desktop in both Linux and Windows. I think this speaks more to the sluggishness of the macOS experience rather than hardware performance.
But, then I start doing something data/gpu/local LLM intensive and my M3 Max shines.