I think you’re right from a technical point of view. Sure, it might be slower than a dedicated GPU, and sure the Intel CPUs in the MacBooks are not the fastest in the world in the first place.
However, the comparison still has value from a practical point of view: the new thing is more than 3 times as fast as the old thing. This matters to the people who use the things more than to people who just want to compare abstract chip performance.
I assume we’ll see other data points, more relevant to some, when high-end ARM MacBook Pros are released in a couple of months.
It's incredibly deceptive headline. But then again I'd expect people doing ML to know better.
But given Apple's marketing reputation, it's all about appealing to customers that have no idea what this means. They won't know, but it's sounds good.
However, the comparison still has value from a practical point of view: the new thing is more than 3 times as fast as the old thing. This matters to the people who use the things more than to people who just want to compare abstract chip performance.
I assume we’ll see other data points, more relevant to some, when high-end ARM MacBook Pros are released in a couple of months.