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MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked

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Re: MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked

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Doesn't say a lot. It's mostly speculation, the chip is listed here [1].

Notable info:

Still at 5nm; double the GPU cores. Reports up to 3 displays, so it's safe to assume 2+1 external/internal. 8 High perf cores and 4 little perf cores. PCIE gen 4, no idea about number of lanes.

[1] https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-apple_m1x-1898

Re: MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked

#3

Doesn't say a lot. It's mostly speculation, the chip is listed here [1]. Notable info: Still at 5nm; double the GPU cores. Reports up to 3 displays, so it's safe to assume 2+1 external/internal. 8 High perf cores and 4 little perf cores. PCIE gen 4, no idea about number of lanes. [1] https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-apple_m1x-1898

(I don’t really know what I’m talking about)

I just hope it isn’t internal + Touch Bar + 1 external

Re: MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked

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post #3

Doesn't say a lot. It's mostly speculation, the chip is listed here [1]. Notable info: Still at 5nm; double the GPU cores. Reports up to 3 displays, so it's safe to assume 2+1 external/internal. 8 High perf cores and 4 little perf cores. PCIE gen 4, no idea about number of lanes. [1] https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-apple_m1x-1898

(I don’t really know what I’m talking about) I just hope it isn’t internal + Touch Bar + 1 external

That would be a downgrade from current chip, so it's very unlikely.

Re: MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked

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Doesn't say a lot. It's mostly speculation, the chip is listed here [1]. Notable info: Still at 5nm; double the GPU cores. Reports up to 3 displays, so it's safe to assume 2+1 external/internal. 8 High perf cores and 4 little perf cores. PCIE gen 4, no idea about number of lanes. [1] https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-apple_m1x-1898

Comparison: https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-apple_m1x-1898-vs-...

I am finding the numbers a little bit too perfect to put much faith into. Single core performance that is exactly identical between the two? Floating point performance exactly double? Seems a bit off.

Re: MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked

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Doesn't say a lot. It's mostly speculation, the chip is listed here [1]. Notable info: Still at 5nm; double the GPU cores. Reports up to 3 displays, so it's safe to assume 2+1 external/internal. 8 High perf cores and 4 little perf cores. PCIE gen 4, no idea about number of lanes. [1] https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-apple_m1x-1898

The other thing is RAM. Apple still has delusions of gimping it's buyers into 16/32GB for "Pro" level machines. I'd probably buy a 16" MBP with this chip if I could get it with socketed 64/128GB. But Apple's going to solder it to the board and charge a premium even if they did.

Re: MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked

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post #3

Doesn't say a lot. It's mostly speculation, the chip is listed here [1]. Notable info: Still at 5nm; double the GPU cores. Reports up to 3 displays, so it's safe to assume 2+1 external/internal. 8 High perf cores and 4 little perf cores. PCIE gen 4, no idea about number of lanes. [1] https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-apple_m1x-1898

(I don’t really know what I’m talking about) I just hope it isn’t internal + Touch Bar + 1 external

Unlikely, the M1 page [0] says "2 displays" and I'm pretty sure the MBP supports internal display + Touchbar + external display. And even that is based on high-res displays, I think it could support more external displays at FHD [1].

[0]: https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-apple_m1-1804

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqINozYxDK8

Re: MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked

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Doesn't say a lot. It's mostly speculation, the chip is listed here [1]. Notable info: Still at 5nm; double the GPU cores. Reports up to 3 displays, so it's safe to assume 2+1 external/internal. 8 High perf cores and 4 little perf cores. PCIE gen 4, no idea about number of lanes. [1] https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-apple_m1x-1898

The other thing is RAM. Apple still has delusions of gimping it's buyers into 16/32GB for "Pro" level machines. I'd probably buy a 16" MBP with this chip if I could get it with socketed 64/128GB. But Apple's going to solder it to the board and charge a premium even if they did.

Yeah, I'm calling it now - no chance of 128GB in a Macbook Pro. 64GB even is doubtful.

Re: MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked

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Even at double the GPU cores it’ll still get beat by an RDNA2 based Ryzen GPU. The current M1 is about equal to a GTX 1060 performance wise according to benches. Although the Zen3 based RDNA2 APU “Rembrandt” likely won’t be out until 2022 and we’ll have to settle for the Zen2 based Van Gogh in 2021.
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