According to 9to5Mac the incoming M4 chip will boast impressive performance: around 14500 in multi-core. Too bad that Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite which is already roaming around beats it with 15600 1(as far as I can say they used the same benchmarks).
I bet that Snapdragon based laptop will have much more memory and cost a lot less having a far, far higher performance per dollar/euro that the M4.
Plus then Snapdragon is already actively and first-handely support Linux and free-as-in-freedom software.
I can’t wait to get one