Why do we call it an entry level processor? Is it marketing words?

coldtea · on April 13, 2021

Because it's available in the cheap models, including a model (the Mac Mini) that costs about as much as the AMD 5850U cpu itself.

Also, I see the M1 as having 1733 (single) and 7652 (multi) GeekBench score, whereas the AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U has 1414 (single) and 8140 (multi), so the M1 is quite faster in single core than it (22%) and close in multi-core (the AMD being 6% faster).

So what gives, and how does that fits with the numbers given by the grandparent?

SxC97 · on April 13, 2021

Because so far Apple has only released entry level products with the M1. It’s pretty obvious that they will release higher end chips for higher end products later this year.

supernovae · on April 14, 2021

Why would people be so fanatical to opt into a locked ecosystem again to care so much about the M1?

The day it hits an over the counter SoC that can be used with open source software, i'll start to get excited...

Until then, i'll just use AMD Ryzen and Intel or straight up open source capable arm SoC