It's disingenuous to state the only reason M1 seems fast is because all Macs are using old, slow processors. The point everyone conveniently seems to miss is a new SoC for mobile devices running at 10-20 watts shouldn't be in the same universe when it comes to performance with any Ryzen desktop processor-but here we are. As the AnandTech review noted, the M1 bests even the Ryzen on some benchmarks and Ryzen beats it in others. But compared to x86-64 Macs it's not that much slower, because the x86-64 Macs are using old slower Intel CPUs.ĭepends on the app but some of them run faster in Rosetta than they do on comparable PC hardware.Įveryone keeps comparing a SoC designed for low-end (in the Apple lineup/ecosystem) to the Ryzen.