A simple performance comparison of i9-10900K multicore h264 encode, multcore vs UHD 630.
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I am drastically simplifying a lot of concerns in the above comparison, but I think it's fair to make a point.
On an Apple supported design, you get your cores, plus the benefit of task-specific silicon.
For a hackintosh, there was a crossroads that got passed in 2021. Whatever happens with hackintosh on RL and beyond, is going to miss out on any specicial silicon value Intel brings to party, beyond brute force.
Things are messy even for Windows! Currently, Intel is retracting support for AVX512, and dropping the security support that allows UHD vid decode a la disc payers. Yikes.
AS to Intel trying to match Apple on core function: Intel efficiency core is an odd-duck, trading off die area, performance and power in manner to copy Apple, but because their market is horizontal, even on Windows, you don't know what you will get nor how long it will work because the total system performance regarding power is a PC vendor concern, not an Intel / Microsoft concern. Whatever progress is made here, Hackintosh can just forget about it. If you get all the cores engaged, screw power and be happy (desktop only because a 12th gen hackinotsh laptop is gonna be a dumb mess).
Maybe some hackintosh desktop users don't care about silicon refinements because they can afford to throw kit at their work and see what sticks. But the sane 12th gen user will move back to Windows — God help you.
Meanwhile Apple Si designs are moving towards more task-specific silicon optimizations fully supported by Apple stack and all power / perf benefits realized up and down the line.
I'm not trying to hate on people having fun. But it's past the end of an era. This scene can only tread water from here on out.
Damn. That sounds pretty bad...
I got to this party very very late, but it was still fun! Thanks for the good community.
