So far, independent benchmarks appear to bear out Apple’s performance claims. E.g.:
https://www.cultofmac.com/727721/m1-...in-benchmarks/
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No other Intel-based Mac laptop tested to date comes close in Geekbench 5 tests. The fastest we could find in the charts, a 16-inch MacBook Pro from late 2019 that costs upwards of $5,000, achieves a single-core score of 1,095 and a multi-core score of 6,869.
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The MacBook Air will be somewhat throttled at sustained performance compared to the mini and MacBook Pro, because it doesn’t have active cooling.