Apple’s New M1 Chip is a Machine Learning Beast

Speed testing a (nearly) top-spec Intel-based 16-inch MacBook Pro versus the new Apple silicon MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro

From right to left: an Intel-based 16-inch MacBook Pro, M1-powered 13-inch MacBook Pro, M1 13-inch MacBook Air.

I watched the keynote and saw the graphs, the battery life, the instant wake. And they got me. I started to think, how could one of these new M1-powered MacBooks make…