that an architecture change got them a 50% boost? Intel CPUs are no slouches in performance, they just suck down power compared to the ARM style architecture Apple built.
Then again the M1 is sort of a purpose built part, so it was probably built with Adobe's suit in mind. Every Mac user I know falls into a few categories, Unix guy that doesn't want to faff about with Linux wifi drivers and Active Directory support (or lack thereof), college kid with extra cash, or some kind of Adobe user. Even the music
From what I gather, the M1 has a lot of coprocessor hardware, so big performance gains are possible regardless of what features the core ISA supports. I remember when the PowerPC processors came out with AltiVec/VMX support and were killing it with certain Photoshop benchmarks (and Apple let everyone know it), but general-purpose performance was miserable.
I'm taking all these benchmarks with a grain of salt. I'm not convinced ARM itself is really that fast, and Apple is of course pushing SOC designs because they can be very profitable.
How bad was their Intel code (Score:5, Insightful)
Then again the M1 is sort of a purpose built part, so it was probably built with Adobe's suit in mind. Every Mac user I know falls into a few categories, Unix guy that doesn't want to faff about with Linux wifi drivers and Active Directory support (or lack thereof), college kid with extra cash, or some kind of Adobe user. Even the music
Re:How bad was their Intel code (Score:2)
From what I gather, the M1 has a lot of coprocessor hardware, so big performance gains are possible regardless of what features the core ISA supports. I remember when the PowerPC processors came out with AltiVec/VMX support and were killing it with certain Photoshop benchmarks (and Apple let everyone know it), but general-purpose performance was miserable.
I'm taking all these benchmarks with a grain of salt. I'm not convinced ARM itself is really that fast, and Apple is of course pushing SOC designs because they can be very profitable.