M1 vs M2 Performance in Medium-Sized Mac Projects The comparison between the M1 and M2 MacBook Airs, both with 8GB RAM and 512GB storage, begins with a medium-sized macOS project of about 2000 lines. Surprisingly, the older M1 slightly outperforms or matches the newer M2 consistently during builds. The performance difference is negligible for such projects.
App Development Speed Comparison on iPhone Simulator Testing an app project of around 2500 lines using Swift and SpriteKit shows nearly identical build times on both machines when running an iPhone simulator from cold start. Any observed differences are minimal to non-existent; even small-scale apps do not showcase significant advantages for either processor.
SwiftUI Canvas Rendering Highlights Subtle Gains in Newer Hardware A blank SwiftUI project's canvas rendering reveals that while initial setup speeds remain close between devices, the more resource-intensive nature of modern libraries like SwiftUI gives a slight edge to the M2 over time. However, this advantage becomes noticeable only as complexity increases significantly beyond basic tasks.