Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer in consumer computing
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#2"in Geekbench 6."
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#4I'll admit to some reflexive skepticism here. I know GeekBench at least used to be considered an entirely unserious indicator of performance and any discussion relating to its scores used to be drowned out by people explaining why it was so bad.
Do those criticisms still hold? Are serious people nowadays taking Geekbench to be a reasonably okay (though obviously imperfect) performance metric?
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#5I have been out of the PC world for a long time, but in terms of performance efficiency, is Apple running away from the competition? Or are AMD and Intel producing similar performing chips at the same wattage?
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#6Good enough to be used for gaming? Really want Apple to get into that because dealing with Windows sucks.
Re: Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer in consumer computing
#7I'll admit to some reflexive skepticism here. I know GeekBench at least used to be considered an entirely unserious indicator of performance and any discussion relating to its scores used to be drowned out by people explaining why it was so bad. Do those criticisms still hold? Are serious people nowadays taking Geekbench to be a reasonably okay (though obviously imperfect) performance metric?
You’re not the only one — but just curious where this skepticism comes from.
This is M4 — Apple has now made four generations of chips and each one were class leading upon release. What more do you need to see?
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#8What's crazy is that the M4 Pro is in the Mac mini, something so tiny can handle that chip. The Mac Studio with the M4 Max will be awesome but the Mini is remarkable.
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#9I'll admit to some reflexive skepticism here. I know GeekBench at least used to be considered an entirely unserious indicator of performance and any discussion relating to its scores used to be drowned out by people explaining why it was so bad. Do those criticisms still hold? Are serious people nowadays taking Geekbench to be a reasonably okay (though obviously imperfect) performance metric?
I'd be reflexively skeptical if I didn't have a M1 Mac. It really is something.
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#10Good enough to be used for gaming? Really want Apple to get into that because dealing with Windows sucks.
They’ve always been good enough for gaming. The problem has just been whether or not publishers would bother releasing the games. It’s unfortunate that Apple can’t seem to really build enough momentum here to become a gaming destination.