I compared the M2 with several other CPUs (using cpubenchmark.net) that are in the same money-range and the M2 has a shockingly low score compared to other CPUs. For example, while the Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz scored 15416, the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS scored 28917 and the Intel Core i7-13650HX 32119.
I don’t know how reliable these benchmarks are, but I wasn’t expecting M2 to be so bad. Am I missing something or? I wanted to buy a Macbook air M2 16GB 256GB, since I keep hearing how awesome it is, but now I’m not sure. Someone pls explain.
Well, when comparing CPUs it’s always worth looking at a range of benchmarks, not just one. But it’s true, the m2 is not the most powerful mobile CPU out there. It is, however, very power efficient in comparison with most other mobile CPUs and has the advantage of running an OS specifically optimised for it. So benchmarks alone do not tell the whole story.