Is it that far behind? Benchmarks aren't everything, but it's probably as good as other metrics. A14 is ahead of SD888 in Geekbench (which has historically favored Apple CPUs), and behind on Antutu (which is more considerate to Snapdragons).

Geekbench 5:

- Single core: A14 1609, SD888 1127

- Multi core: A14 3872, SD888 3731

Antutu:

- A14 615796, SD888 723674

Benchmarks aren’t everything as you said. I used to have the last gen MAcBookPro with Intel for 3 years, and replaced it with M1 MacBook Pro. It’s almost an apple to apple comparison as they are same spec except the new processor. The difference is night and day. It just simply feels faster to use. It last almost 1.5 workdays of my use, while the intel one would not even last one full work day. I don’t need to lug around a power brick anymore. I charge at home and bring only the Mac to work without feeling anxious about battery. The cost I pay is that building x86 Docker images are quite slow on M1, but I don’t do it that often to bother me much.

> and behind on Antutu (which is more considerate to Snapdragons).

It is more considerate to Multi Core workload.

The main point is Single Core benchmarks. Which A14 set itself apart to all of its competitors.

Note that M1 is faster than A14:

Geekbench 5:

- Single core: 1744

- Multi core: 7676

The quoted comment referred only to battery life.