Although it's extremely difficult to get accurate Apples-to-non-Apples benchmarks on this new architecture, I feel confident in saying that this truly is a world-leading design-you can get faster raw CPU performance, but only on power-is-no-object desktop or server CPUs. In addition to the eight CPU cores, the version of the M1 in the Mac mini has eight GPU cores, with a total of 128 Execution Units. The idea is that user-focused foreground tasks, which demand low latency, will be run on the performance cores-but less latency-sensitive background tasks can run slower and lower on the four less-powerful but less power-consumptive efficiency cores. The M1's CPU is a 5nm octa-core big/little design, with four performance cores and four efficiency cores.

Instead, we're going to take a closer look at the raw performance of the new M1 in comparison to more traditional x86 systems.

This is not one of those reviews-though reviews are coming imminently for some of the new Macs. And we've got traditional reviews of those devices and their ecosystems, for Apple fans and the Apple-curious. Further Reading macOS 11.0 Big Sur: The Ars Technica review Original story 9:00am EST: There's a lot of understandable excitement around Apple's ARM-powered devices right now.

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