Comment by shermanyo

Gaming is a special case imo, and more affected by the additional power drawn for the GPU. For CPU bound apps, there's still a night and day difference between new apple silicon vs the previous generation of x64 processors. I've used a laptop to DJ shows for several years, always requiring AC power for anything longer than an hour. With my m1 macbook, I've DJ'd 6+ hours with no power adapter, also powering hardware over USB. It's literally a 4x improvement over my previous i5 setup.