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Apple M6 Pro achieves the highest single-core CPU score in Geekbench 7

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asimovDev · 1789812232 · focus · HN ↗
<a href="https://www.cpubenchmark.net/single-thread/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cpubenchmark.net/single-thread/
<a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/singlecore" rel="nofollow">https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/singlecore
here are the leaderboards for anyone else who was curious
1. louwrentius · 1789815464 · focus · HN ↗
  It's insane to me that the fastest Mac chip is almost a fifth faster than the fastest Intel chip for a fraction of the power budget.
  1. Footprint0521 · 1789817741 · focus · HN ↗
    The moment AAA gaming becomes possible on macOS, the floodgates open and windows is dead
    eahm · 1789818187 · focus · HN ↗
    Not going to happen, Linux already won, doesn’t look like it but you’ll see.
    Linux is actually exciting contrary to Apple as a company, their hardware, their prices and macOS in general.
    And I’m saying this as a Windows user too, I will NEVER buy a Mac but I’ve used Linux on and off for 30+ years.
    For the past 5-10 years Linux has been the only excitement I’ve had personally.
    apexalpha · 1789818995 · focus · HN ↗
    Linux sits at <3% users or so.
    astralkraft · 1789819905 · focus · HN ↗
    Not even Microsoft believes that. Where could you possibly find a misrepresentation like that?
    <a href="https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/" rel="nofollow">https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide...
    ~10% is a good guess. AI tools run much better on Ubuntu/Fedora out of the box, and that is not exactly a secret either.
    diab0lic · 1789823489 · focus · HN ↗
    > Where could you possibly find a misrepresentation like that?
    On the stats website you linked at any time in the last 20 years with the exception of the two most recent months. To be explicit all of the data points are closer to 3% than 10% except July and August 2026.
    I don’t think it’s that surprising that the GP has a misrepresentation of Linux desktop deployments given that the uptick is recent.
    astralkraft · 1789823840 · focus · HN ↗
    AI tools are the killer app driving Desktop Linux. Is anyone else still confused about this? It's been a few minutes since 2023.
    diab0lic · 1789823923 · focus · HN ↗
    This doesn’t address or even acknowledge a single thing I said.
    apexalpha · 1789887302 · focus · HN ↗
    The Steam Survey: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam" rel="nofollow">https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...
    This includes SteamOS.
    eahm · 1789820078 · focus · HN ↗
    Linux has been at 100% for years, don't get confused about mouse and keyboard.

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