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zamadatix 18 hours ago [-]
Didn't last long, a reasonable looking M6 result has come in as well and it slightly edges out on the single core https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/354109 what a great design from Apple again.
It's going to be really funny when the next Mac is just two iPhones in a trench coat.
frou_dh 10 hours ago [-]
Let's call the M6 the 'A20P Max'
mring33621 19 hours ago [-]
I wish Apple would become a CPU/GPU vendor.
I would love to see what amazing things that non-Apple people could build with Apple silicon.
rasz 9 hours ago [-]
and lose 30% of revenue and 40% of gross profit (services)?
newtonianrules 18 hours ago [-]
Rack mounted Mac Studios!
piinbinary 19 hours ago [-]
I wonder if either (a) high frequency trading firms are going to start running their algorithms on iPhones, or (b) Geekbench doesn't accurately reflect the real world performance in some way.
Assuming Geekbench is a good reflection of real world performance (in e.g. games, video encoding, encryption, decompression, compilation, databases, etc), I'm curious to know what AMD and Intel are doing so wrong that a cellphone chip could outpace their desktop chips. I don't think the A20's lithography is vastly better, nor does the chip have more area. Where's the performance difference coming from?
zamadatix 19 hours ago [-]
I'd bet (c) the M* variants offer the same generation of CPU in devices like the Mac mini but with more cores, a higher power budget, and less restriction on the code you can run. The A20 Pro just hit Geekbench first, both the A20 Pro and the M6 start shipping this month.
>Indeed, Apple's A20 Pro is 7% faster than M5, 20% faster than M4, and 43% faster than M3 in single-thread performance. Its six-core design cannot match its multi-thread performance, trailing the 10-core M5 by 39% and the 10-core M4 by 27%. Yet, it is only 5% behind the eight-core M3.
spdustin 14 hours ago [-]
Me with my M1 Max wondering where I went wrong, heh.
hulitu 5 hours ago [-]
For how many milliseconds ?
andrewstuart 17 hours ago [-]
Interesting but not earth shattering.
I’m a Mac user but performance is good enough for most stuff and I’m several generations behind. I don’t neee worlds best performance in my desktop.
It would be super interesting if this was a Linux chip, where the performance is really needed for all sorts of back end applications. Even then its multi core is behind.
It's going to be really funny when the next Mac is just two iPhones in a trench coat.
I would love to see what amazing things that non-Apple people could build with Apple silicon.
Assuming Geekbench is a good reflection of real world performance (in e.g. games, video encoding, encryption, decompression, compilation, databases, etc), I'm curious to know what AMD and Intel are doing so wrong that a cellphone chip could outpace their desktop chips. I don't think the A20's lithography is vastly better, nor does the chip have more area. Where's the performance difference coming from?
Edit: Looks like a believable M6 result appeared just this morning https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/354109 ~1.02x single thread & 1.99x multi thread vs the A20 Pro
I’m a Mac user but performance is good enough for most stuff and I’m several generations behind. I don’t neee worlds best performance in my desktop.
It would be super interesting if this was a Linux chip, where the performance is really needed for all sorts of back end applications. Even then its multi core is behind.