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A20 Pro vs Intel Ultra 7 Series 3

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[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The comparison that matters is always left out. Computing performance by dollar cost.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even higher, since those Apple silicon chips are very efficient.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You misread. OP mentioned price/performance, and I think you're referring to performance/watt.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, you mean the upfront price per chip, not the operating cost. Funny enough, the A20 chips are no more expensive (and possibly cheaper) than their Intel and AMD counterparts. The main issue is that the A20 is locked inside an iPhone, which is overpriced.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 3 points 10 hours ago

You can't buy them standalone. There's no way to compare them.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

It does matter but performance per currency alone is also kinda shit of a metric too. Might point you towards getting like 50 atom CPUs but then good luck finding memory for all of them to do anything useful.

Better to show performance between each and then list the cost to let the user decide if it is worth it. Make your charts between hardware in set price ranges is also pretty good.