This might get me back into the Apple ecosystem. I'll still wait for the kinks to be ironed out in the first generation though.
2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test
31–40 of 767 posts
Re: 2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test
#32From the article's conclusion... "The M1 undisputedly outperforms the core performance of everything Intel has to offer, and battles it with AMD’s new Zen3, winning some, losing some. And in the mobile space in particular, there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent in either ST or MT performance – at least within the same power budgets." This is the first in-depth review validating all the hype. Assuming the user experie…
I can't find that quote or even the words "undisputedly" or "Zen3" in the article. Was it changed or, if it wasn't, can you give me a pointer, please?
[deleted]
Re: 2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test
#33Wow it must suck to be Intel right now.
It wasn't so long ago that the trope was while others had better multi-core performance "...Intel still holds the lead for single core performance"
Now not only do AMD have a better product, but also Apple now offer equal or better performance than the best that Intel can offer.
I wonder what is next for Intel now their £1000+ CPUs are firmly in third place. Looking forward to some new innovation and competitive (inc pricing!) products from them.
Re: 2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test
#34From the article's conclusion... "The M1 undisputedly outperforms the core performance of everything Intel has to offer, and battles it with AMD’s new Zen3, winning some, losing some. And in the mobile space in particular, there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent in either ST or MT performance – at least within the same power budgets." This is the first in-depth review validating all the hype. Assuming the user experie…
I can't find that quote or even the words "undisputedly" or "Zen3" in the article. Was it changed or, if it wasn't, can you give me a pointer, please?
It's insane how bad the website's UX is for first time visitors not seeing there's more content behind the first page.
Re: 2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test
#35Another source: https://wccftech.com/intel-and-amd-x86-mobility-cpus-destroy... At least in multicore, all of the Ryzen CPUs beat the M1.
AnandTech (TFA) found the M1 performing very well compared to even Desktop-class Ryzen in SPEC: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16252/mac-mini-apple-m1-teste...
Re: 2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test
#36Its starting to look like ARM is the way forward in terms of performance and battery life, and I feel PC's will soon follow in the next few years.
My only hope is this doesn't mean things get further locked down (such as being able to install linux distributions or dual boot) but I have a bad feeling they will.
Re: 2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test
#37Interesting that it is not able to outperform the Zen3 CPUs. I had expected it to do somewhat better, especially it being a 5nm processor, and with all the hype around ARM processors.
I don't know how well it will hold up to its x86 competitors like this, especially once they launch their 5nm CPUs next year.
Re: 2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test
#38I'm not buying into Apple's eventually-closed desktop computer systems - I don't care what the performance is. They've been slowly marching towards iOS's closed ecosystem model on the Mac and with an in-house CPU, they can effectively lock users out of alternate OS choices on their hardware. Buyer beware.
Re: 2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test
#39Am I reading this right? Is the new mac mini competing with a Ryzen 5950X? The whole mac mini costs the price of that processor alone. This is insane.
Only in single threaded performance, which nobody actually uses for rendering.
In multi-threaded, the Ryzen 5950X is at 28,641 while M1 is at 7,833. So no, the Mac Mini is maxing out at 27% of the Ryzen 5950X if you use it properly. And I was already friendly and used the M1 number for a native port, while in reality you'll likely need Rosetta and take a 33% performance hit.
Re: 2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Test
#40From the article's conclusion... "The M1 undisputedly outperforms the core performance of everything Intel has to offer, and battles it with AMD’s new Zen3, winning some, losing some. And in the mobile space in particular, there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent in either ST or MT performance – at least within the same power budgets." This is the first in-depth review validating all the hype. Assuming the user experie…
I can't find that quote or even the words "undisputedly" or "Zen3" in the article. Was it changed or, if it wasn't, can you give me a pointer, please?
AnandTech split some articles onto multiple pages. The print view gets you the whole article on one page, so I rather prefer it: https://www.anandtech.com/print/16252/mac-mini-apple-m1-test...