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For one, the only power numbers in this article are from a benchmark where the i9-12900hk has a 29% performance advantage (and the power numbers weren't even measured under controlled conditions using consistent methodology). Second, you can't extrapolate from the numbers in the article to a fair comparison, since performance scaling with extra power is non-linear. You must compare the systems at iso-power or iso-performance, or even compare them over the whole power/performance range.

Probably a more fair comparison of the architectures will be between the M1X and the i7-1280p, since they have similar power specs. It wouldn't surprise me if the M1X comes out on top since it's on a superior process node (TSMC 5nm vs Intel 7) and on-chip memory is faster, but I think they'll definitely be comparable.




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