exactly, thats why people suspect also the M3...that will go into the 24" imac
So we will get M3 M3 Pro and probably M3 Max. Probably out of the question is the M3 ultra
Cannot wait
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So we will get M3 M3 Pro and probably M3 Max. Probably out of the question is the M3 ultra
Cannot wait
Why you place M2 year old into the iMac on the same event when you release some M3 based macs? M2 Mbp already exist
I most definitely wouldn't want that. I have no actual info, just noting the rumors:
- surplus of M2 chips
- M3 waiting for N3E
I hope that's wrong and Apple M3s all the things.
It seems that even KUO now says all M3 M3 pro M3 Max to come Monday
So, imac will be on M3 like Gurman said months ago
Huh, interesting. Where did you get these? I looked here and they said there was no mention of single core performance.
Qualcomm Previews Snapdragon X Elite SoC: Oryon CPU Starts in Laptops
Yikes. Yeah that’s interesting. I think we know now why the M3 event is coming. Something to worry about for Apple.
Yes, but if Apple does not show more clock speed compared to the A17...than even the M3 will be behind i think
Probably that SC scores at 4.3GHz
Again, this is SoC on clean prototypes...so probably some numbers will fall a bit when this SoC is placed into costumers devices running windows 11
From these slides, QC is 14% faster at 30% less power. That is seriously troubling for Apple.
It is 14% faster at full power OR it uses 30% less power at the same performance.
Yeah, sorry, I misread the slide. That is still impressive as far as I can see. Happy to get more input though if I’ve missed something.
Edit. Now I’m confused. Your post makes sense but Dr Ian Cutress says it’s 14% faster at 30% less power
𝐷𝑟. 𝐼𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 (@IanCutress) on X
Here is @Qualcomm #Oryon single threaded performance: 👉 VS Apple M2: 14% faster at 30% less power 👉 VS Intel i9-13980HK: 1% faster at 70% less power
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I think he misread too.
Also, is it determined if the 30% difference in power consumption is for a single core? "M2 Max" is a whole SoC, not a core. And "peak performance" generally refers to multicore tasks.
Interesting. If true that seems deeply misleading from Qualcomm.
Haha those slides are just vague and prolly cherry picked, besides that the product is coming mid 2024 and everybody will have their next gen ready in a few months. Seems these slides are made for presentations for companies like Dell and other laptop makers.
Anyways I hope it is true, there really need to be a good ARM competitor in the Windows business , more ARM written stuff in Windows is better for Apple also. And secondly it gives Apple a reason to work and not become the old Intel with upgrades.
Anyways I hope it is true, there really need to be a good ARM competitor in the Windows business , more ARM written stuff in Windows is better for Apple also. And secondly it gives Apple a reason to work and not become the old Intel with upgrades.
So 30% less power and 70% less power would mean, that i9-13980HK consumes single core only 2.3x more than M2 Max single core. But isn’t it much more?
No because the peak performance of the i9 is higher than that of the M2 Max. The -30% and -70% claims don't correspond to the same power consumption for the Qualcomm SoC. The latter correspond to more power consumed.
So that would mean, that i9 single core consumes less than 2.3x M2 Max's single core. I see it as hard to believe.