Misleading... To everyone reading this write up. Make sure to check Passmark website first.

'Tis easy to claim performance victories when not considering wattage.  Comparing Apple silicon to i7 chips, Apple silicon consumes roughly 50% less wattage with only a 25% performance reduction.  When comparing Apple silicon against other chips, it is important to contrast performance gains against wattage increases.

Put another way, base model Apple silicon is designed for light laptop users who prioritize long battery life over hardcore performance.  IMO, light users are far more typical than users who focus on gaming and/or photo/video editing.  Because of this, I think Apple should be lauded for prioritizing performance per watt in their base model chips.  While still allowing for extremely robust performance in their higher-end chip models.

Totally missing the point : power consumption of the chip and whole system for the workload.

I have a 10 years old dual xeon (2x 6 cores 12 threads, total 24 threads) and it requires almost 200 watts to idle and 500 watts to process my google queries in firefox web browser.

That's where the apple chips shine the best.

Very likely later this year the M2 pro and max will come out, and beginning of next year the Ultra, or whatever Apple is gonna call them. very likely produced on 3NM process. Pat Gelsinger is not sleeping well.