Also, does ARM still have better battery life when all of the machine code has to be translated from x86? That adds a not insubstantial amount of CPU overhead, which does hurt battery life.
No idea, and that’s a pretty good question. The again some games run better on proton through Linux than they do on windows, so the performance overhead isn’t that bad.
drspod@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Yes, but they’re made by Apple.
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I got a M1 Pro MacBook a couple weeks ago. I’m astonished at how fucking powerful those thing are. An Intel laptop I had with similar specs would start screaming for mercy for any heavy Programming work I’d do. The MacBook just shrugs it off. Fans don’t even come on
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
keep in mind, for the longest time Intels processors were still on Intels fab. a huge chunk of the efficiency/performance gains was less x86 > arn and more Intel Fab > TSMC. even to a lesser extent, compare the snapdragon 8 gen 1 to the snapdragon 8+ gen 1. Samsung wasn’t as far behind tsmc (compared to intel) at the time and both designs basically are the same chip but implemented at two different fabs.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
AMD is on a much better process node than Intel, but their battery life still isn’t as good as Apple’s. Particularly under low to medium loads. My M1 MBP easily gets 12 hours of battery life under a real load. My AMD powered ThinkPad is closer to 7 hours, and my Intel machines get like 4, on a good day.
jose1324@lemmy.world 1 month ago
M1 these days is pretty mid though.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Compared to an M2 or M3? Yes.
datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Snapdragon X Elite?
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
Definitely doesn’t have even close to the graphical horsepower