I think the majority of what made the M1 lineup so successful, was that they were on TSMC's 5nm before anyone else, and had that exclusivity.
November 2020 the m1 mac mini was released... September 2022 was when Zen4 came along, the next CPU to use the same node. Nearly a full 2 years.
Cinebench scores... The M1 Ultra got 24189 multithreaded... not that impressive but its tdp is 60w... at 65w the 7950x (eco mode) scored 31308 in the same test, down from 38291 at full power usage (170w).
It will be interesting to see if apple pushes for another exclusivity deal with TSMC for 3nm.
> It will be interesting to see if apple pushes for another exclusivity deal with TSMC for 3nm.
It’s pretty much guaranteed as it’s part of the deal Apple has with TSMC. They bankroll a significant part of costs for a new process node, in exchange they get exclusive access to the node for a number of years.
AMD is yet to release a TSMC 5nm mobile part (low power 5nm), so the exclusive foundry lead Apple's been paying for is more like 2.5 years. It is my understanding that things are pretty much the same with TSMC's 3nm node. Apple's lead is all but guaranteed for at least a couple more years.
November 2020 the m1 mac mini was released... September 2022 was when Zen4 came along, the next CPU to use the same node. Nearly a full 2 years.
Cinebench scores... The M1 Ultra got 24189 multithreaded... not that impressive but its tdp is 60w... at 65w the 7950x (eco mode) scored 31308 in the same test, down from 38291 at full power usage (170w).
It will be interesting to see if apple pushes for another exclusivity deal with TSMC for 3nm.