I did a side-by-side comparing with my friends' M1 macbook and my (more expensive, nearly brand new) ryzen 5800x workstation compiling rust. The ryzen was faster - but it was really close. And the macbook beats my ryzen chip in single threaded performance. For reference, the ryzen compiles ripgrep in 19.7 seconds.
The comparison is way too close given the ryzen workstation guzzles power, and the macbook is cheaper, portable and lasts 22 hours on a single charge. If Apple can keep their momentum going year over year with CPU improvements, they'll be unstoppable. For now it looks like its not a question of if I'll get one, but when.
The comparison is way too close given the ryzen workstation guzzles power, and the macbook is cheaper, portable and lasts 22 hours on a single charge. If Apple can keep their momentum going year over year with CPU improvements, they'll be unstoppable. For now it looks like its not a question of if I'll get one, but when.