filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoApple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square319fedilinkarrow-up1510arrow-down120 cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.ml
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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoA CPU performs integer math. A GPU performs floating-point math. Those are only two of the 18-52 cores (model dependent) of Apple M chips. The OS is designed around this for maximum efficiency. Most Macs don’t even have a fan anymore. There. Is. No. Comparison. In. PC.
minus-squareuislinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months ago A CPU performs liner math. A GPU performs floating-point math. A GPU performs integer math. A CPU performs floating point math. All four statements are true.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThat’s correct. My mistake.
So it’s not on same chip with CPU?
A CPU performs integer math.
A GPU performs floating-point math.
Those are only two of the 18-52 cores (model dependent) of Apple M chips. The OS is designed around this for maximum efficiency. Most Macs don’t even have a fan anymore.
There. Is. No. Comparison. In. PC.
A GPU performs integer math.
A CPU performs floating point math.
All four statements are true.
That’s correct. My mistake.