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Summary published at 10/17/2024

👋 Comparison of Xcode Performance: This video compares the performance of Xcode on the M2 MacBook Air and the M1 MacBook. Both machines have 8GB RAM and 512GB hard drives.

📊 Test Projects: Three projects were tested:

  • Medium-sized Mac project (~2000 lines of code)
  • App project (~2500 lines of code)
  • Blank Swift UI project

⚙️ Results:

  • For the Mac project, the M1 was slightly faster.
  • In the app project, the M1 again showed similar performance, with no significant difference.
  • In the Swift UI project, the M2 was fractionally faster, but the difference was minimal.

💡 Conclusion: For small to medium-sized projects, the M1 is a great value and performs comparably to the M2. The M2 shows slight advantages in more complex projects, but the upgrade may not be necessary for casual users.

🔍 Future Tests: More comparisons will be conducted on Android Studio, Excel, and other applications. Stay tuned!

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