Quote from: Andrej on August 24, 2022, 21:33:37This comparison is complete rubbish. Comparing 8 core AMD vs 8P + 8E core Intel. Is this site for real or what?!
It's simply comparing an upcoming chip from each that's placed equally in their respective families. For years, AMD has been pretty consistently reported as superior to Intel in multi-threaded operations, despite have worse per-core performance, simply because they had more cores, and that was accepted as fair, because the comparisons were made against what each company provided at a given level. The fact is that here, Intel has bumped up their core count (finally) enough to overcome AMD, and so just as AMD received credit when they had more cores, Intel should now. It's not unfair, it's actually extremely fair, both because it's up to Intel/AMD to offer what they do, and therefore that is what has to be compared, and because that's how it's been done for years. You can't just suddenly change your mind and decide that core counts have to be equal to make it fair just because AMD is now losing. And, by the way, I prefer AMD and do not like Intel. But I can also be reasonable.
That said, cost and power consumption, as always, need to be considered. If the Intel chip is truly 46% faster but costs 30% more and uses 30% more power, then the consumer has to decide if they really need all that power (and almost none do) at any cost or if the AMD, cheaper at purchase and cheaper to run, will suffice.