saarek

KITA said:

saarek said:

“AI computer showdown”. 

So which one of them is actually better at processing ML/AI? Surely that should be the primary focus based on the title?

On paper, for the NPU performance of each SoC:

Snapdragon X Plus - 45 TOPS (INT8)
Snapdragon X Elite - 45 TOPS (INT8)
Apple M3 - 18 TOPS (FP16)
Apple M4 - 38 TOPS (INT8)

Interesting. Based on TOPS, which equates to ‘Trillions of Operations a Second’ it would seem that the snapdragon elite does indeed shit all over the base M3 and even the M4 in this specific area.

The NPU was meant to be a big selling point for this particular chip. Looks like they actually delivered on that claim.

For those confused by this whole new world. A rating of 40 TOPS or higher is generally seen as the benchmark where AI (basic AI) can be processed on device as opposed to needing cloud assistance. Obviously there is a lot more to it, but the marketing seems to match the hype on this occasion.

“AI computer showdown”. 

JinTech said:

loopless said:

I would agree with Chasm's comments, all this "Siri" bashing is out of date. For complex text messages, Siri gets it right 99% of the time, and I can compose long emails with excellent accuracy.  All this BS about "Hey Siri, tell me the most home runs by a team with a name starting with B" or some garbage query , who cares. For most basic tasks , that cover most situations,  and that you need Siri to help with ( especially when driving) Siri does a really excellent job.

Not sure if I would agree that it is out of date. I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max (I metion this for context that my phone is more than capable) and just yesterday I asked Siri five times, no joke *five* times, to set a timer and she couldn't. My phone was less than three feet away. I finally just set it myself.

Maybe she just doesn’t like you. lol 

Is anyone here surprised that the M4 “smokes” the M2? Wouldn’t it be more newsworthy if it was slower?

mpantone said:

saarek said:

I’d be happier if they enabled more queries to be dealt with on device. I find that my HomePods almost need to warm up first thing in the morning. Almost every time I give it a first instruction, such as “turn on bedroom light” I get a response similar too “there is no device like that in your home”, wait 10 seconds and ask the same question and no problem, it handles the query.

Really pisses me off.

You know, my LG OLED television set is unresponsive to remote control commands for about ten seconds after the screen comes on. I figure it's logging into the mothership and uploading all of my credit card data and latest photos of my pets.

Not a big deal.

Maybe someday Apple will release the $1000 HomePod Pro which will reduce the boot-up time to 7 seconds. You should buy that. Followed by the HomePod Pro Ultra at $1200 which will reduce boot-up to 5 seconds.