In a new video from Jeff Geerling, the latest claim is that Intel has finally caught up to Apple Silicon. He presents benchmarks from GitHub for the Mac Book and Dell XPS 13, embedding the full review that pits the two laptops against each other.

The Mac wins on GPU performance, sound quality, and the fact that it ships without Windows, while the Dell impresses with Linux support and a backlit keyboard. In the Top500 Linpack test, the Mac Book delivered 57.012 Gflops at 10.6W, achieving 5.38 Gflops/W, whereas the Dell produced 127.91 Gflops at 20.6W, reaching 6.21 Gflops/W—an astounding improvement over historic x86 results.

Even at idle or during web browsing the XPS matches the Mac Book sip for sip in efficiency. Critics have argued that ARM’s power advantage stems from the chip architecture itself; the Core 5 320 in the Dell proves that claim for x86. Moreover, you don’t need Assembly or C to reap efficiency gains—language choice matters less than many think.

If Intel truly matches Apple’s efficiency, the ripple effect could reshape laptop design, reduce battery drain, and accelerate the adoption of ARM‑based Windows devices, signaling a pivotal shift in the industry.