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Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors

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Re: Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors

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Post by KarlKemp »

baybal2 wrote: post #9
d3nj4l wrote: post #2

Did they really just claim 30-series tier performance on the max GPU? If that's true that would be insane!

> claim 30-series tier performance on the max GPU? If that's true that would be insane! TDP, TDP, TDP! With big enough heatsink, the performance can be proportionally high (perf = sqrt(TDP))

...but they are claiming 50-70 % lower power usage, and therefore 50-70 % lower TDP as well.

Re: Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors

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Post by DiabloD3 »

Since these won't ship in non-Apple products, I don't see really the point. They're only slightly ahead of AMD products when it comes to performance/watt, slightly behind performance/dollar (in an Apples to apples comparison on similarly configured laptops), and that's only because Apple is head of AMD at TSMC for new nodes, not because Apple has any inherent advantage.

I have huge respect for the PA Semi team, but they're basically wasting that talent if Apple only intends to silo their products into an increasingly smaller market. The government really needs to look into splitting Apple up to benefit shareholders and the general public.

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