[JFreak]

Swap may be a factor if memory is totally insufficient for the workload. Even then, it is good to remember that the speed of this internal storage is equal to DDR3 RAM speed not so long ago. So, basically, all that storage is a good extension of the fastest memory.

BUT this 16GB M1 only ever swaps less than 50MB (yes, megabytes) in my usde and this is since latest Monterey update when I last needed to reboot. And the M2 with 24GB has yet to swap anything, but testing is still ongoing and I expect to see some swapping actrivity eventually.

This architecture is just so wicked fast it feels like memory requirement has suddenly more than halved (as in 16GB Apple feels like +32GB Intel and 24GB Apple feels like 64GB Intel). Stuff is needed in memory so little time in comparison, that suddenly less is more.

Especially without Rosetta installed.