* Per core, the two processors actually (keep in mind based on Intel's TDP figure) have a roughly similar power budget i.e. 205/26 vs. 39/(4 or 8 depending on if you count the bigs, littles or both), so taking into account that the Apple processor is on a process that is something like 4 or 5 times denser it's not that surprising to me that its faster.
* What's the variance of the measurements?
* Per core, the two processors actually (keep in mind based on Intel's TDP figure) have a roughly similar power budget i.e. 205/26 vs. 39/(4 or 8 depending on if you count the bigs, littles or both), so taking into account that the Apple processor is on a process that is something like 4 or 5 times denser it's not that surprising to me that its faster.