M2 was launched in June 2022 [1] so a little under 2 years ago. Apple is a bit ahead of that 2.6 years, but not by much.

[1] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/06/apple-unveils-m2-with...

If they maintain that pace, it will start compounding incredibly quickly. If we round to 2 years vs 2.5 years, after just a decade you're an entire doubling ahead.

Note that performance per watt is 2x higher at both chips peak performance. This is in many ways an unfair comparison for Apple to make.

It's a shame performance per watt doesn't double every 2.6 years for modems and screens.

Watts per pixel probably did something close for a long time for screens.

Same for Watts per bit.

There's just a lot more pixels and bits.