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[REQ] Allow selection of E or P cores on Apple Silicon via QoS #1087
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Thanks @gingerbeardman. Always interesting to read eclecticlight. Since lately I'm working hard with Swift I've tried a lot of Keka is using all the available cores right now (E and P). Using just one of those will result in slower tasks (specially using the E ones). What will be the benefit for you? Or what idea or case of use do you have in mind? |
Correction, just checked that compression and extraction of Archive in Keka is done using only the performance cores. |
It would be great to be able to specify only E cores for power saving. I don't mind it taking longer when battery is more important. |
Is the difference less stark when using Apple Archive? |
Indeed, the same operation takes 4 seconds on performance and 26 seconds on efficiency. Still amazed with this format. |
Excellent, my M1 MBP is yet to arrive. But I'm ready for it!!! |
Still not sure about this. Same test as above (AAR 2.68 file), CPU history and energy impact. Anyway, here a test version that runs tasks in background priority (efficiency cores on M1). No toggle, just compare it to the regular Keka version: Keka-QoS-9 EfficiencyPerformance |
https://twitter.com/howardnoakley/status/1520073629861560325
https://twitter.com/howardnoakley/status/1520074477899550721
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@gingerbeardman when are you receiving your M1 equipped Mac? |
This month. It was delayed 5–7 weeks and already 3 weeks have passed. |
Already did a test build: Keka-v1.3.0-dev.r4979 I've just sold my M1 MacBook Air (just 8GB or RAM wasn't enough) so I'll be unable to test this again for a while. |
My MBP will have 16GB, fingers crossed that's enough for my usage. Should be! |
My M1 laptop has arrived, let me know what you want me to test. |
@gingerbeardman I wanted to check just that all options worked as expected. Just use it as you will and let me know if you find anything strange. Loving your M1 already? I'm missing my Air a lot 🥹 |
Been using Keka M1 for the last week. The M1 Pro MBP is very good, though I use it with an external display keyboard and mouse so the main difference I am noticing is SPEED! M1 Pro is 2 to 3 times faster than my Intel Mac mini. Feels more than that! |
yup! I’m yet again using a 2018 Mac mini and even if it has 32GB of RAM compared to the Air’s 8GB the M1 felt a lot faster. Also the integrated Intel graphics are awful in 4K resolutions. Did you picked any special M1 configuration or the entry Pro? |
Going to push this one in the next release. I was waiting for more upgrades for a 1.3 release, but the iOS version is taking so much time right now and this feature is very handy. |
Cool, I do use it occasionally.
I upped the spec to M1 Pro, 10CPU/14GPU/16ANE cores, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD. My main rendering workflow when from 25 minutes of locked up full fan Intel, to 9 minutes of pleasant to use M1 Pro.
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I'm just wishing for Apple to release M2 MacBook Pro's already... |
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe
On Apple Silicon Macs, apps can run on either Efficiency or Performance cores.
Apps can assign themselves and their processes to either type of core via QoS.
https://eclecticlight.co/2022/01/07/how-macos-controls-performance-qos-on-intel-and-m1-processors/
Describe the solution you'd like
Describe alternatives you've considered
https://eclecticlight.co/2020/12/11/cormorant-now-supports-drag-and-drop-and-can-run-ten-times-faster/
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