How much more "crushing" do you want?
Skylake can execute 4 mops choosing out of 8 instructions
Zen can execute 6 mops choosing out of 10 instructions
So ZEN has at least 20% more IPC and still is barely on par and maybe a little bit faster (on same clocks) on very IPC heavy software,while software with less IPC runs a lot slower,like 25 to 50% slower...
in ycruncher single thread intel is about 90% faster.This already settles it ZEN needs 20% more core just to reach equity,but...
Now intel made an F version of the 9900k, how much space ,power and thermals does that free up?How many cores could they fit into that envelope theoretically?
Intel can keep trolling AMD with 14nm and come out on top even on absolute performance,even for people that take one single metric and stick to it as if it's the one and only metric that counts(CB) and this wouldn't even cost that much it's not any new tech or anything, they could just design a new chipset that they would sell on top of that as they do almost every year.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13400/intel-9th-gen-core-i9-9900k-i7-9700k-i5-9600k-review
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