How many iterations to match Apple?
In day to day usage the strix halo is significantly faster, and especially when large context LLM and games are used - but also typical stuff like Lightroom (gpu heavy) etc.
on the flip side the m4 battery life is significantly longer (but also the mpb is approx 1/4 heavier)
for what its worth i also have a t14 with a snapdragon X elite and while its battery is closer to a mbp, its just kinda slow and clunky.
so my best machine right now is the x86 actually!
yes and no. i have macbook pro m4 and a zbook g1a (ai max 395+ ie strix halo)
Here's a comparison I did between Strix Halo, M4 Pro, M4 Max: https://imgur.com/a/yvpEpKF
As you can see, Strix Halo is behind M4 Pro in performance and severely behind in efficiency. In ST, M4 Pro is 3.6x more efficient and 50% faster. It's not even close to the M4 Max.
(but also the mpb is approx 1/4 heavier)
You don't own any of the machines but have "made" a comparison by copying data from the internet I assume.
This is like explaining to someone who eats a sweet apple that the internet says the apple isn't sweet.
MacBook Pro, 2TB, 32gb, 3200 EUR
HP G1a, 2TB, 128gb, 3700 EUR
If we don't compare laptops but mini-PCs,
Evo X2, 2TB, 128gb, 2000 EUR,
Mac Mini, 2TB, 32gb, 2200 EUR
Adding to that, it is very picky about which power brick it accepts (not every 140W PD compliant works) and the one that comes with the laptop is bulky and heavy. I am used to plugging my laptop into whatever USB-C PD adapter is around, down to 20W phone chargers. Having the zbook refuse to charge on them is a big downgrade for me.
It's Dell, they are probably not actually using PD3.1 to achieve the 140w mark, instead they are prolly using PD3.0 extension and shove 20v7a into the laptop. I can't find any info, but you can check on the charger.
If it lists 28V then it's 3.1, else 3.0. If it's 3.1 you can get a Baseus PowerMega 140W PD3.1, seems like a reeeeally solid charger from my limited use.
Why are you asking me? I'm not in charge of AMD.
Yes the Strix Halo is not as fast on the benchmarks as the M4 Max, its bandwidth is lower, and the max config has less memory. However, it is available in a lot of different configurations and some are much cheaper than comparable M4 systems (e.g. the maxed out Framework desktop is $2000.) It's a tradeoff, as everything in life is. No need to act like such an Apple fanboi.
Why are you asking me? I'm not in charge of AMD.
A few iterations of this should be comparable to the M seriesThe primary reason is the ST speed (snappy feeling) and the efficiency (no noise, cool, long battery life).
It just so happens that Cinebench 2025 is the only power measurement metric I have available via Notebookcheck. If Notebookcheck did power measurements for GB6, I'd rather use that as it's a better CPU benchmark overall.
Cinebench 2025 is a decent benchmark but not perfect. It does a good enough job of demonstrating why the experience of using Apple Silicon is so much better. If we truly want to measure the CPU architecture like a professional, we would use SPEC and the measure power from the wall.
Until AMD can built a tailor made OS for their chips and build their own laptops.
https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/13494385?baseli...
M4 Max is still faster. Note that the M4 Max is only given 14 out of 16 cores, likely reserving 2 of them for macOS.
How do you explain this when Windows has zero Apple Silicon optimizations?