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Comment by miki123211

6 months ago

Modern Macs also have two different kinds of cores, slow but energy-efficient e-cores and high-performance p-cores.

The p cores can be activated and deactivated very quickly, on the order of microseconds IIRC, which means the processor always "feels" fast while still conserving battery life.

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