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clouddrover on May 27, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Arm announces its new premium CPU and GPU designs

No, there was just a new model of processor and the cheaper variant of it was faster than the previous model's cheaper variant. Things haven't changed in that regard.

hyperpallium on May 27, 2019 [–]

The new cheaper variant was never faster than a previous model's cheaper variant - even of a few generations back?

As one extreme counter point, the cheapest smartphones today have better performance than the original iphone.

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