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		wffurr on Dec 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast? Apple is about three years ahead of any other mobile chip maker. Sure, it's the same type of SoC and general architecture, but somehow Apple's CPU and GPU designs are miles ahead of anyone else.

fomine3 on Dec 1, 2020 [–]

CPU is exceptionally great but I don't think Apple is also leading GPU. I doubt M1's GPU efficiency is mostly came from 5nm process.

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