vivster said:
Is Zen really that great or is the competition just that terrible? |
Definitely the latter.
I'm sure other sites have something similar but here's a Guru3D graph showcasing the single core IPC performance in Cinebench of a series of CPUs, all clocked at 3500MHz for the sake of comparison:
https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/intel-core-i9-10900k-processor-review,7.html
You can see how there's a clear improvement between Zen/Zen+ and Zen 2, but the newest Intel processors aren't much faster than Skylake, relying only on higher clocks to get better results.
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