I was until I tried doing the test myself. It takes 82 seconds to compile on my i5-4200M.
I'm not sure this test is deserving of the breathless headline and commentary, especially since the original tweeter later follows up with:
> Extra info: The M1 macbooks (air/pro) can't drive 2 external screens, and the air throttles a bit after 3+ minutes sustained compute (20-30%)
https://twitter.com/rikarends/status/1328753176552632321
I'll be more interested if the M1 can compile something 2x quicker than the i9 when the compile time on the M1 exceeds 30-60 minutes rather than being less than a minute.
EDIT: to be clear, I expect the M1 to feel faster than the i9 for the vast majority of users, however the headline is "in a real world Rust compile", implying that this is a more valid test than synthetic benchmarks. I take issue with that, as I don't really consider something that compiles in less than 2 minutes on 6 year old hardware to be a much more useful test than the benchmarks.
We already know the A-series of chips performs incredibly in short workloads. We have no information yet on how it performs under sustained workloads.
I'm not sure this test is deserving of the breathless headline and commentary, especially since the original tweeter later follows up with:
> Extra info: The M1 macbooks (air/pro) can't drive 2 external screens, and the air throttles a bit after 3+ minutes sustained compute (20-30%)
https://twitter.com/rikarends/status/1328753176552632321
I'll be more interested if the M1 can compile something 2x quicker than the i9 when the compile time on the M1 exceeds 30-60 minutes rather than being less than a minute.
EDIT: to be clear, I expect the M1 to feel faster than the i9 for the vast majority of users, however the headline is "in a real world Rust compile", implying that this is a more valid test than synthetic benchmarks. I take issue with that, as I don't really consider something that compiles in less than 2 minutes on 6 year old hardware to be a much more useful test than the benchmarks.
We already know the A-series of chips performs incredibly in short workloads. We have no information yet on how it performs under sustained workloads.