pC version getting slower or Apple Silicon just better optimized?

So, I was just testing Logos on my PC and it seemed sluggish. Flipped over to my MacBook Pro and timed them both. My MacBook Pro was 3 times faster than my Intel PC.

Is this normal or did I just see some anomalous testing?

Before anyone asks.

MacBook Pro 16 M1 Max 64GB Memory 2GB storage.
PC - Asus Proart Studiobook 16 Intel 13980HX 64 GB Memory 2 GB Storage

Storage and CPU both benchmark faster on the tested PC.

I'm just guessing that this is similar to what I've seen in Native Apple Silicon apps from Adobe, that in the porting process that Logos ended up doing some better optimization in the process.

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John

in the porting process that Logos ended up doing some better optimization in the process

What was it doing slowly? Was it the same version of software installed on both machines? Did both machines have the same library installed, and were they both fully indexed? What is running in the background on the machine that is performing slowly? Is there antivirus or other software that is known to slow down disk performance?

My knowledge of how Logos is written is limited, but I do know that it is a cross-platform program that relies heavily on the .NET framework and an underlying database.

Logos performance is dependent upon numerous complex subsystems and thus is is impossible to draw conclusions without knowing more details. It could simply be a difference in your two systems particular SSD performance. It would be easy to fill up the "2 GB Storage" which your post says you have which would then bottleneck your entire system. I suspect you meant 2 TB? on both? How close to being full is the SSD on the slow system?

Apple Silicon in general has proven to provide higher performance with lower power requirements and longer battery life. But the Intel machine you describe should not be performing slowly.

Mark Jamison

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1277763#Comment_1277763

Well problem resolved at least a little. Seems that in moving things around my Thunderbolt 4 dock was powering my PC laptop when testing. The system was smart enough to determine that was not enough power to run the INtel CPU at full power and as such was running below base clock speed. Performance is far more comparable now that I'm drawing from the correct power source.

The M1 Max still appears to be marginally faster, but I would attribute that to the better integrated hardware with the OS.