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I ran some benchmarks the other day and I was amazed by just how powerful and efficient the M4 Max in my Mac Studio is vs the 9800x3d in my desktop. Not only did the entire system use 2/3 the power of the 9800, while scoring well over 1.5x more. And then the system goes to idle and uses less than 10 watts. Less than just the 9800 at idle.
They’re incredible feats of engineering, only hampered by apples fuck ass software.
Exactly. I would also add it's because of their business practices which fucks the software side