I don't get paid to run benchmarks, so I couldn't care less what the high scores are. My M2 laptop is 3x as fast as my previous laptop while being completely silent, making it very enjoyable to work with.
Not OP, but at compiling code (Rust). Some anecdata:
time cargo test
# old machine (2018 16" Macbook Pro 2.2 GHz 6-Core i7)
cargo test 2077.73s user 221.03s system 596% cpu 6:25.67
total
# linux dev machine (AMD Ryzen 5 3550H - 4-Core 2.1Ghz, using mold linker)
real 4m48.771s
user 25m0.121s
system 2m9.922s
# new machine (2023 14" Macbook Pro M2 Pro - 10 cores 6perf/4efficiency)
cargo test 389.91s user 39.56s system 478% cpu 1:29.66 total
