The M4 Geekbench 6 scores are out for the new M4, and well benchmarks don't exactly translate to real life performance, it's interesting how much performance increase there is.
Also, the M4 is slightly faster as an M2 Pro. However, I think the GPU scores is a different story since the M4 has fewer GPU cores, although it beats the M1 Pro.
@chikorita157 If I ever get an M4 computer I’m going to compile so hard. Hope the disk is fast too:)
I wonder if the computer M4s going to show up in different configurations. Not sure where Apple is heading here.
Well apart from some vague mumbling about AI. But we don’t know what that means. I mean AI isn’t just about processing power (which the neural engine seems to have) but also storage (size and speed). But we also don’t know what kind of product Apple is talking about. A Siri that isn’t shit would be a good start. A Siri turned chatbot and generator, you can keep that one Apple.
@yon I'm sick of the AI trend, isn't it just machine learning. The image generation and LLM aren't really AI as it needs data to learn from and can't generate anything from thin air.
Not sure I'm going to upgrade, although the 2918 I use for gacha and reading manga is showing its age. Maybe if it works on the existing Magic Keyboard, except for a small gap, I might consider a 1 TB 11 Inch model, but M1 is still overkill since the iPad Pro can't fully utilize all that power.
@yon I have to agree. GPUs, especially on the highest end just use rediculous amounts of electricity. Even the RX 7900 XTX can use a lot of power, especially the one with more than 2 8 pin PCI-e, which is basically the non reference models. Also, GPUs are getting too big too.
@chikorita157 Feels like they are out of ideas and are just pushing stuff at an unreasonable pace. Doesn’t help that all completion is virtually gone:/
Still curious about those Chinese ones. Could end up being endlessly terribad. Or we get something we’d never expect and a leap. Time will tell.
@chikorita157 AI is such a BS term as well. Can mean so much.
There’s a lot of stuff like visual effects, photo manipulation (some better, some worse), processing lidar and such. I’m sure the neural processor (or what they call it) could be quite useful there. I’m hoping the hardware will end up being useful.
But that whole crappy “let’s figure out how to reduce payroll to pool the money for the rich” AI schtick can go hide imho.
(I wonder if it could help with games. That would be neat!)
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