Comment by the_king

The single core performance looks really fast.

  Chip | Geekbench Score (Process)  
  ---- | ------------------------  
  M1   | 2,419 (5nm)  
  M2   | 2,658 (5nm)  
  M3   | 3,076 (3nm)  
  M4*  | 3,810 (3nm)

In my experience, single-core CPU is the best all-around indicator of how "fast" a machine feels. I feel like Apple kind of buried this in their press release.

M4 benchmark source: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/8171874