Comment by tonyarkles
Comment by tonyarkles a day ago
That’s very much the trick. Apple is actually exceptionally good at making CPUs. Look at these single-thread benchmarks: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/single-thread/ Similarly, if you look for the M4 in this list and then look for other ARM chips, you’ll have to look quite a ways down the list: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/multithread/mobile
It’s baffling to me that no one else (Qualcomm) has not been able to come close.
My guess is that CPU design is existential for Apple, and no one else cares enough to be dedicated enough to do what Apple has done.