> Desktop CPUs are about 3x faster than laptop CPUs

Maybe that’s an AMD (or even Intel) thing, but doesn’t hold for Apple silicon.

I wonder if it holds for ARM in general?

Apple doesn’t really make desktop CPUs, though. Just very good oversized mobile ones.

For AMD/Intel laptop, desktop and server CPUs usually are based on different architectures and don’t have that much overlap.

	▲	brookst an hour ago \| parent [-]
		What’s the difference between a M4 max and a “real” desktop processor?

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Sayrus 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The author is talking about multi-core performance rather than single core. Apple silicon only offers a low number of cores on desktop chips compared to what Intel or AMD offers. Ampere offers chips than are an order of magnitude faster in multi-core but they are not exactly "desktop" chips. But they are a good data point to say it can be true for ARM if the offer is here.

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gloxkiqcza 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Apple silicon only offers a low number of cores on desktop chips compared to what Intel or AMD offers.

* Apple: 32 cores (M3 Ultra)

* AMD: 96 cores (Threadripper PRO 9995WX)

* Intel: 60 cores (W‑9 3595X)

I wouldn’t exactly call that low, but it is lower for sure. On the other hand, the stated AMD and Intel CPUs are borderline server grade and wouldn’t be found in a common developer machine.

	▲	brookst an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah i9-14900 and 9950x are better comparisons, at 24 and 16 cores respectively.

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