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I see virtually nobody pointing out that apple is consistently using fab nodes that are more advanced than intel/AMD.

Rule of the thumb is roughly 15% advantage to distribute between power and performance there.

Catching up while remaining on older nodes is no joke.



> using fab nodes that are more advanced than intel/AMD.

I am usually the one doing it on HN. But it is still not common knowledge after we went from M1 to M4.

And this thread S/N ratio is already 10 times better than most other Apple Silicon discussions.

AMD's Max 395+ is N4, or 5nm Class Product.

The Apple M4 is N3 or 3nm Class product.




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