Not really. Intel CPU performance hasn't changed by orders of magnitude in the last ten years. My ten year old Windoze 10 desktop keeps chugging along fine. My newer 2022 i7 Windows machine works similarly well.
However, attention to keeping Intel Macs performant has taken a dive. My 2019 16" MBP died last week so I fell back to my standby 2014 MBP and it's much more responsive. No login jank pause .
But it also hasn't been eligible for OS updates for 2 or 3 years.
My new M3 MBP is "screaming fast" with Apple's latest patched OS.
My god, it's ridiculous. I really prefer Linux desktops. They've been snappy for the past 30 years, and don't typically get slow UI's after a year or two of updates.
This is the same CPU tier, just a later generation.
Passmark scores:
6700K: 8,929
14700K: 53,263
Yeah, that's practically the same performance.
But hey, that newer i7 has way more cores. Let's pick something with a closer core count for a fairer comparison. Let's pick the Core i3-14100 with its 4C/8T with a turbo of 4.7GHz. Even then, its Passmark benchmark 15,050.
I get it, an old CPU can still be useful. I'm still using an Ivy Bridge CPU for a server in my closet hosting various services for my home, but it is vastly slower than my Ryzen 7 3700x on my current gaming desktop and was even slower than the previous Ryzen 5 2600 I had before and sold to a friend.
However, attention to keeping Intel Macs performant has taken a dive. My 2019 16" MBP died last week so I fell back to my standby 2014 MBP and it's much more responsive. No login jank pause . But it also hasn't been eligible for OS updates for 2 or 3 years.
My new M3 MBP is "screaming fast" with Apple's latest patched OS.
My god, it's ridiculous. I really prefer Linux desktops. They've been snappy for the past 30 years, and don't typically get slow UI's after a year or two of updates.