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		keewee7 on Nov 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Factorio runs on Apple Silicon Off-topic but is there any in-depth content that goes through why Apple Silicon is more efficient than the best x86-64 CPUs from AMD/Intel?

bobleeswagger on Nov 25, 2022 [–]

Apple was focused on efficiency (phones), Intel/AMD's focus was raw compute (servers).

It's not in depth, but it's 99% of the why. The M1 is just a bigger, reworked A15.

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