> still laughably behind by nearly 20%

20% slower than the M5 is still a great result. I'm still using an M1 macbook pro, and it's more than fast enough for editing film, browsing the internet and writing code.

> laughably behind by nearly 20%

I think we have a different definition of what laughably means. Especially since A16 is 25% ahead of M5 in multithreaded.

You're still trying to deliver your original point after you were told you use the wrong reference and you're not doing a good job.

20% behind that's actually very impressive and if it will support Linux that's more impressive.

better than the closest linux alternative (M3 on asahi)